diff --git a/backend/src/v1/services/external-consumer-service.ts b/backend/src/v1/services/external-consumer-service.ts
index f0ee73aa5..2bfa15790 100644
--- a/backend/src/v1/services/external-consumer-service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/v1/services/external-consumer-service.ts
@@ -149,9 +149,10 @@ const externalConsumerService = {
 
     /**
      * 1) Create a union of the pay_transparency_report and report_history table as reports
-     * 2) Create a union of the pay_transparency_calculated_data and calculated_data_history as calculated
-     * 3) Paginate the reports
-     * 4) Join reports and calculated_data based on report_change_id
+     * 2) Sort by update date, then by revision (have to sort by revision too because reports in version PT1.2 all share the same update date )
+     * 3) Create a union of the pay_transparency_calculated_data and calculated_data_history as calculated
+     * 4) Paginate the reports
+     * 5) Join reports and calculated_data based on report_change_id
      */
     const getReportsQuery = Prisma.sql`select *
      from ((select report.report_id,
@@ -229,7 +230,7 @@ const externalConsumerService = {
                 where report_status = 'Published'
                     and (report.update_date >= ${convert(startDt).toDate()}
                          and report.update_date < ${convert(endDt).toDate()})))
-      order by update_date
+      order by update_date, revision
       offset ${offset}
       limit ${limit}) as reports
 
diff --git a/backend/src/v1/services/report-service.ts b/backend/src/v1/services/report-service.ts
index e034f0b7f..30148e1ee 100644
--- a/backend/src/v1/services/report-service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/v1/services/report-service.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {
   LocalDate,
+  LocalDateTime,
   TemporalAdjusters,
   ZoneId,
   convert,
@@ -379,6 +380,14 @@ const reportServicePrivate = {
     return `$${amountDollars.toFixed(2)}`;
   },
 
+  /**
+   * Copies the report and calculated data to the history table.
+   * Copies the report to the report history with a report_history_id.
+   * Copies the calculated data to the history associated with a report_history_id.
+   * Removes the calculated data.
+   * @param tx
+   * @param report - The entire report which should be moved
+   */
   async movePublishedReportToHistory(tx, report: pay_transparency_report) {
     if (report.report_status != enumReportStatus.Published) {
       throw new Error(
@@ -1271,7 +1280,7 @@ const reportService = {
             user_comment: full_report_to_publish.user_comment,
             data_constraints: full_report_to_publish.data_constraints,
             revision: parseInt(existing_published_report.revision as any) + 1,
-            update_date: full_report_to_publish.update_date,
+            update_date: convert(LocalDateTime.now(ZoneId.UTC)).toDate(),
             update_user: full_report_to_publish.update_user,
             pay_transparency_calculated_data: {
               createMany: {