diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessagesDialog.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessagesDialog.cpp
index 4d8e5bc52..e026f4b87 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessagesDialog.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessagesDialog.cpp
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ void MessagesDialog::insertMessages()
 		{
 			QDateTime qtime;
 			qtime.setTime_t(it->ts);
-			if (it->ts > 86400)
+			if (it->ts < 86400)
 			{
 			QString timestamp = qtime.toString("hh:mm:ss");
 			item3 -> setText(timestamp);