diff --git a/wp-admin/admin-functions.php b/wp-admin/admin-functions.php
index 36edc16d44..d6afa3a921 100644
--- a/wp-admin/admin-functions.php
+++ b/wp-admin/admin-functions.php
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ function page_rows( $parent = 0, $level = 0, $pages = 0, $hierarchy = true ) {
       <?php if ('private' == $post->post_status ) _e( ' - <strong>Private</strong>' ); ?>
     </td> 
     <td><?php the_author() ?></td>
-    <td><?php echo mysql2date( 'Y-m-d g:i a', $post->post_modified ); ?></td> 
+    <td><?php if ( '0000-00-00 00:00:00' ==$post->post_modified ) _e('Unpublished'); else echo mysql2date( 'Y-m-d g:i a', $post->post_modified ); ?></td> 
 	<td><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="permalink" class="edit"><?php _e( 'View' ); ?></a></td>
     <td><?php if ( current_user_can( 'edit_page', $id ) ) { echo "<a href='page.php?action=edit&amp;post=$id' class='edit'>" . __( 'Edit' ) . "</a>"; } ?></td> 
     <td><?php if ( current_user_can( 'delete_page', $id ) ) { echo "<a href='" . wp_nonce_url( "page.php?action=delete&amp;post=$id", 'delete-page_' . $id ) .  "' class='delete' onclick=\"return deleteSomething( 'page', " . $id . ", '" . sprintf( __("You are about to delete the &quot;%s&quot; page.\\n&quot;OK&quot; to delete, &quot;Cancel&quot; to stop." ), js_escape( get_the_title() ) ) . "' );\">" . __( 'Delete' ) . "</a>"; } ?></td> 
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit.php b/wp-admin/edit.php
index 2722aa2586..dffbf52f8c 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit.php
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ foreach($posts_columns as $column_name=>$column_display_name) {
 
 	case 'date':
 		?>
-		<td><?php the_time('Y-m-d \<\b\r \/\> g:i:s a'); ?></td>
+		<td><?php if ( '0000-00-00 00:00:00' ==$post->post_modified ) _e('Unpublished'); else the_time('Y-m-d \<\b\r \/\> g:i:s a'); ?></td>
 		<?php
 		break;
 	case 'title':