diff --git a/src/qtgui/restable.cpp b/src/qtgui/restable.cpp
index 4198a3a4..955d7730 100644
--- a/src/qtgui/restable.cpp
+++ b/src/qtgui/restable.cpp
@@ -154,6 +154,16 @@ static string gengetter(const string& fld, const Rcl::Doc& doc)
     return it->second;
 }
 
+static string sizegetter(const string& fld, const Rcl::Doc& doc)
+{
+    map<string, string>::const_iterator it = doc.meta.find(fld);
+    if (it == doc.meta.end()) {
+	return string();
+    }
+    off_t size = atoll(it->second.c_str());
+    return displayableBytes(size) + " (" + it->second + ")";
+}
+
 static string dategetter(const string&, const Rcl::Doc& doc)
 {
     char datebuf[100];
@@ -162,7 +172,11 @@ static string dategetter(const string&, const Rcl::Doc& doc)
 	time_t mtime = doc.dmtime.empty() ?
 	    atol(doc.fmtime.c_str()) : atol(doc.dmtime.c_str());
 	struct tm *tm = localtime(&mtime);
+#ifndef sun
+	strftime(datebuf, 99, "%Y-%m-%d", tm);
+#else
 	strftime(datebuf, 99, "%x", tm);
+#endif
     }
     return datebuf;
 }
@@ -212,6 +226,8 @@ FieldGetter *RecollModel::chooseGetter(const string& field)
 	return dategetter;
     else if (!stringlowercmp("datetime", field))
 	return datetimegetter;
+    else if (!stringlowercmp("bytes", field.substr(1)))
+	return sizegetter;
     else
 	return gengetter;
 }
diff --git a/src/rcldb/rcldb.cpp b/src/rcldb/rcldb.cpp
index fce9a24b..87908353 100644
--- a/src/rcldb/rcldb.cpp
+++ b/src/rcldb/rcldb.cpp
@@ -138,12 +138,6 @@ static inline string make_parentterm(const string& udi)
     return pterm;
 }
 
-static inline void leftzeropad(string& s, unsigned len)
-{
-    if (s.length() && s.length() < len)
-	s = s.insert(0, len - s.length(), '0');
-}
-
 /* See comment in class declaration: return all subdocuments of a
  * document given by its unique id. 
 */
diff --git a/src/rcldb/rclquery.cpp b/src/rcldb/rclquery.cpp
index bf9501a0..d7e6e6e1 100644
--- a/src/rcldb/rclquery.cpp
+++ b/src/rcldb/rclquery.cpp
@@ -54,13 +54,17 @@ static const string& docfToDatf(const string& df)
     }
 }
 
-// Sort helper class
+// Sort helper class. As Xapian sorting is lexicographic, we do some
+// special processing for special fields like dates and sizes. User
+// custom field data will have to be processed before insertion to
+// achieve equivalent results.
 class QSorter : public Xapian::Sorter {
 public:
     QSorter(const string& f) 
 	: m_fld(docfToDatf(f) + "=") 
     {
 	m_ismtime = !m_fld.compare("dmtime=");
+	m_issize = !m_fld.compare("fbytes=") || !m_fld.compare("dbytes=");
     }
 
     virtual std::string operator()(const Xapian::Document& xdoc) const 
@@ -88,14 +92,22 @@ public:
 	i2 = data.find_first_of("\n\r", i1);
 	if (i2 == string::npos)
 	    return string();
-	
+
+	string term = data.substr(i1, i2-i1);
+	if (m_ismtime) {
+	    return term;
+	} else if (m_issize) {
+	    // Left zeropad values for appropriate numeric sorting
+	    leftzeropad(term, 12);
+	    return term;
+	}
+
 	// Process data for better sorting. We should actually do the
 	// unicode thing
 	// (http://unicode.org/reports/tr10/#Introduction), but just
 	// removing accents and majuscules will remove the most
 	// glaring weirdnesses (or not, depending on your national
 	// approach to collating...)
-	string term = data.substr(i1, i2-i1);
 	string sortterm;
 	// We're not even sure the term is utf8 here (ie: url)
 	if (!unacmaybefold(term, sortterm, "UTF-8", true)) {
@@ -114,6 +126,7 @@ public:
 private:
     string m_fld;
     bool   m_ismtime;
+    bool   m_issize;
 };
 
 Query::Query(Db *db)
diff --git a/src/utils/smallut.cpp b/src/utils/smallut.cpp
index bbcc7acd..f50b427d 100644
--- a/src/utils/smallut.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/smallut.cpp
@@ -562,16 +562,22 @@ bool pcSubst(const string& in, string& out, map<string, string>& subs)
 // Convert byte count into unit (KB/MB...) appropriate for display
 string displayableBytes(off_t size)
 {
-    char sizebuf[30];
-    const char * unit = " B ";
+    char sizebuf[50];
+    const char *unit;
 
-    if (size > 1024 && size < 1024*1024) {
+    if (size < 1024) {
+	unit = " B ";
+    } else if (size < 1024*1024) {
 	unit = " KB ";
 	size /= 1024;
-    } else if (size  >= 1024*1204) {
+    } else if (size < 1024*1024*1024) {
 	unit = " MB ";
 	size /= (1024*1024);
+    } else {
+	unit = " GB ";
+	size /= (1024*1024*1024);
     }
+
     sprintf(sizebuf, OFFTPC "%s", size, unit);
     return string(sizebuf);
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/smallut.h b/src/utils/smallut.h
index 8e78331a..45466bd4 100644
--- a/src/utils/smallut.h
+++ b/src/utils/smallut.h
@@ -178,6 +178,12 @@ struct TempBuf {
     char *m_buf;
 };
 
+inline void leftzeropad(string& s, unsigned len)
+{
+    if (s.length() && s.length() < len)
+	s = s.insert(0, len - s.length(), '0');
+}
+
 #ifndef deleteZ
 #define deleteZ(X) {delete X;X = 0;}
 #endif