diff --git a/include/Prefs.h b/include/Prefs.h
index 444af66e2d..3625ae873e 100644
--- a/include/Prefs.h
+++ b/include/Prefs.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class Prefs {
   char *https_binding_address1, *https_binding_address2;
   bool enable_client_x509_auth, reproduce_at_original_speed;
   char *lan_interface, *wan_interface, *zmq_publish_events_url;
+  char *toggle_date_type;
   Ntop *ntop;
   bool enable_dns_resolution, sniff_dns_responses, pcap_file_purge_hosts_flows,
     categorization_enabled, resolve_all_host_ip, change_user, daemonize,
diff --git a/include/ntop_defines.h b/include/ntop_defines.h
index 5c3aabf3bc..5822fe5ab3 100644
--- a/include/ntop_defines.h
+++ b/include/ntop_defines.h
@@ -609,6 +609,7 @@
 #define CONST_OTHER_RRD_1D_DAYS             NTOPNG_PREFS_PREFIX".other_rrd_1d_days"
 #define CONST_SAFE_SEARCH_DNS               NTOPNG_PREFS_PREFIX".safe_search_dns"
 #define CONST_GLOBAL_DNS                    NTOPNG_PREFS_PREFIX".global_dns"
+#define CONST_DATE_TYPE                     NTOPNG_USER_PREFIX".%s.datetype"
 #define CONST_SECONDARY_DNS                 NTOPNG_PREFS_PREFIX".secondary_dns"
 #define CONST_MAX_NUM_SECS_ALERTS_BEFORE_DEL NTOPNG_PREFS_PREFIX".max_num_secs_before_delete_alert"
 #define CONST_MAX_ENTITY_ALERTS     NTOPNG_PREFS_PREFIX".max_entity_alerts"
@@ -889,6 +890,7 @@
 #define STORE_MANAGER_MAX_QUERY              2048
 #define STORE_MANAGER_MAX_KEY                20
 #define DEFAULT_GLOBAL_DNS                   ""
+#define DEFAULT_DATE_TYPE                    "middle_endian"
 #define DEFAULT_SAFE_SEARCH_DNS              "208.67.222.123" /* OpenDNS Family Shield */
 
 #define ALERTS_MANAGER_MAX_AGGR_SECS         300 /* Aggregate equal alerts if generated within this interval */
diff --git a/scripts/locales/en.lua b/scripts/locales/en.lua
index f5e00b9b57..4628fba94e 100644
--- a/scripts/locales/en.lua
+++ b/scripts/locales/en.lua
@@ -189,6 +189,9 @@ local lang = {
   ["legenda"] = "Legenda",
   ["level"] = "Level",
   ["light"] = "Light",
+  ["little_endian"] = "Little Endian",
+  ["middle_endian"] = "Middle Endian",
+  ["big_endian"] = "Big Endian",
   ["local_hosts"] = "Local Hosts",
   ["local_traffic"] = "Local Traffic",
   ["lua_c_api"] = "Lua/C API",
@@ -4554,6 +4557,8 @@ local lang = {
     ["toggle_vlan_rrds_title"] = "VLANs",
     ["toggle_webhook_notification_description"] = "Toggle alerts notifications via webhook (HTTP).",
     ["toggle_webhook_notification_title"] = "Toggle Webhook Notification",
+    ["toggle_date_type_title"] = "Date Format",
+    ["toggle_date_type_description"] = "Switch between different format for date represantion",
     ["topk_heuristic_precision_description"] = "Use an heuristic when aggregating historical top hosts, countries, etc, to build traffic reports. Useful when building reports over long-periods.",
     ["topk_heuristic_precision_title"] = "Top-K Heuristic",
     ["traffic_behaviour"] = "Traffic Behavior",
diff --git a/scripts/lua/admin/prefs.lua b/scripts/lua/admin/prefs.lua
index 4ede846a5b..f16990bf93 100644
--- a/scripts/lua/admin/prefs.lua
+++ b/scripts/lua/admin/prefs.lua
@@ -448,6 +448,18 @@ function printGUI()
 
   -- ######################
 
+
+  local d_labels = {i18n("little_endian"), i18n("middle_endian"), i18n("big_endian")}
+  local d_values = {"little_endian", "middle_endian", "big_endian"}
+  local d_label = "toggle_date_type"
+
+  multipleTableButtonPrefs(subpage_active.entries[d_label].title,
+         subpage_active.entries[d_label].description,
+         d_labels, d_values, "middle_endian", "primary",
+         d_label, "ntopng.user." .. _SESSION["user"] .. ".datetype")
+
+  -- ######################
+
   prefsInputFieldPrefs(subpage_active.entries["max_ui_strlen"].title, subpage_active.entries["max_ui_strlen"].description,
 		       "ntopng.prefs.", "max_ui_strlen", prefs.max_ui_strlen, "number", nil, nil, nil, {min=3, max=128})
 
diff --git a/scripts/lua/modules/prefs_menu.lua b/scripts/lua/modules/prefs_menu.lua
index e263ababba..ef6f95d3a0 100644
--- a/scripts/lua/modules/prefs_menu.lua
+++ b/scripts/lua/modules/prefs_menu.lua
@@ -380,7 +380,10 @@ local menu_subpages = {
     },
   }}, {id="gui",          label=i18n("prefs.gui"),                 advanced=false, pro_only=false,  hidden=false, entries={
 
-    toggle_autologout = {
+     toggle_date_type = {
+      title       = i18n("prefs.toggle_date_type_title"),
+      description = i18n("prefs.toggle_date_type_description"),
+    }, toggle_autologout = {
       title       = i18n("prefs.toggle_autologout_title"),
       description = i18n("prefs.toggle_autologout_description"),
     },toggle_interface_name_only = {
diff --git a/src/Prefs.cpp b/src/Prefs.cpp
index bfcf0a590a..4f3fe3d3b1 100755
--- a/src/Prefs.cpp
+++ b/src/Prefs.cpp
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ Prefs::Prefs(Ntop *_ntop) {
   es_index = es_url = es_user = es_pwd = es_host = NULL;
   https_port = 0; // CONST_DEFAULT_NTOP_PORT+1;
   change_user = true;
+  toggle_date_type = NULL;
   user = strdup(CONST_DEFAULT_NTOP_USER);
   user_set = false;
   http_binding_address1 = NULL;
@@ -239,6 +240,7 @@ Prefs::~Prefs() {
   if(https_binding_address1) free(https_binding_address1);
   if(https_binding_address2) free(https_binding_address2);
   if(lan_interface)	free(lan_interface);
+  if(toggle_date_type) free(toggle_date_type);
   if(wan_interface)	free(wan_interface);
   if(ndpi_proto_path)	free(ndpi_proto_path);
   if(test_pre_script_path)  free(test_pre_script_path);
@@ -713,6 +715,12 @@ void Prefs::reloadPrefsFromRedis() {
     free(aux);
   }
 
+  getDefaultStringPrefsValue(CONST_GLOBAL_DNS, &aux, DEFAULT_GLOBAL_DNS);
+  if(aux) {
+    toggle_date_type = strdup(aux);
+    free(aux);
+  }
+
   getDefaultStringPrefsValue(CONST_SECONDARY_DNS, &aux, DEFAULT_GLOBAL_DNS);
   if(aux) {
     global_secondary_dns_ip = Utils::inet_addr(aux);
@@ -1925,6 +1933,7 @@ void Prefs::lua(lua_State* vm) {
   lua_push_uint64_table_entry(vm, "http.port", get_http_port());
 
   lua_push_str_table_entry(vm, "instance_name", instance_name ? instance_name : (char*)"");
+  lua_push_str_table_entry(vm, "toggle_date_type", toggle_date_type ? toggle_date_type : (char*)"");
 
   /* Command line options */
   lua_push_bool_table_entry(vm, "has_cmdl_trace_lvl", has_cmdl_trace_lvl);