diff --git a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/ui/ThriftServerPage.scala b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/ui/ThriftServerPage.scala
index 2e0fa1ef77f88..17589cf44b998 100644
--- a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/ui/ThriftServerPage.scala
+++ b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/ui/ThriftServerPage.scala
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ private[ui] class ThriftServerPage(parent: ThriftServerTab) extends WebUIPage(""
     val table = if (numStatement > 0) {
       val headerRow = Seq("User", "JobID", "GroupID", "Start Time", "Finish Time", "Duration",
         "Statement", "State", "Detail")
-      val dataRows = listener.getExecutionList
+      val dataRows = listener.getExecutionList.sortBy(_.startTimestamp).reverse
 
       def generateDataRow(info: ExecutionInfo): Seq[Node] = {
         val jobLink = info.jobId.map { id: String =>
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ private[ui] class ThriftServerPage(parent: ThriftServerTab) extends WebUIPage(""
     val sessionList = listener.getSessionList
     val numBatches = sessionList.size
     val table = if (numBatches > 0) {
-      val dataRows = sessionList
+      val dataRows = sessionList.sortBy(_.startTimestamp).reverse
       val headerRow = Seq("User", "IP", "Session ID", "Start Time", "Finish Time", "Duration",
         "Total Execute")
       def generateDataRow(session: SessionInfo): Seq[Node] = {
diff --git a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/ui/ThriftServerSessionPage.scala b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/ui/ThriftServerSessionPage.scala
index 38b8605745752..5cd2fdf6437c2 100644
--- a/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/ui/ThriftServerSessionPage.scala
+++ b/sql/hive-thriftserver/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/hive/thriftserver/ui/ThriftServerSessionPage.scala
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ private[ui] class ThriftServerSessionPage(parent: ThriftServerTab)
     val timeSinceStart = System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime.getTime
     <ul class ="unstyled">
       <li>
-        <strong>Started at: </strong> {startTime.toString}
+        <strong>Started at: </strong> {formatDate(startTime)}
       </li>
       <li>
         <strong>Time since start: </strong>{formatDurationVerbose(timeSinceStart)}
@@ -147,42 +147,6 @@ private[ui] class ThriftServerSessionPage(parent: ThriftServerTab)
     <td>{errorSummary}{details}</td>
   }
 
-  /** Generate stats of batch sessions of the thrift server program */
-  private def generateSessionStatsTable(): Seq[Node] = {
-    val sessionList = listener.getSessionList
-    val numBatches = sessionList.size
-    val table = if (numBatches > 0) {
-      val dataRows =
-        sessionList.sortBy(_.startTimestamp).reverse.map ( session =>
-        Seq(
-          session.userName,
-          session.ip,
-          session.sessionId,
-          formatDate(session.startTimestamp),
-          formatDate(session.finishTimestamp),
-          formatDurationOption(Some(session.totalTime)),
-          session.totalExecution.toString
-        )
-      ).toSeq
-      val headerRow = Seq("User", "IP", "Session ID", "Start Time", "Finish Time", "Duration",
-        "Total Execute")
-      Some(listingTable(headerRow, dataRows))
-    } else {
-      None
-    }
-
-    val content =
-      <h5>Session Statistics</h5> ++
-      <div>
-        <ul class="unstyled">
-          {table.getOrElse("No statistics have been generated yet.")}
-        </ul>
-      </div>
-
-    content
-  }
-
-
   /**
    * Returns a human-readable string representing a duration such as "5 second 35 ms"
    */