diff --git a/backend/Cargo.lock b/backend/Cargo.lock
index cd0828c..f0e6886 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.lock
+++ b/backend/Cargo.lock
@@ -820,11 +820,11 @@ checksum = "4391a22b19c916e50bec4d6140f29bdda3e3bb187223fe6e3ea0b6e4d1021c04"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "byteorder",
- "chrono",
  "diesel_derives",
  "itoa",
  "pq-sys",
  "r2d2",
+ "time 0.3.20",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1848,7 +1848,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "actix-web",
  "actix-web-prom",
  "anyhow",
- "chrono",
  "csv",
  "diesel",
  "diesel_migrations",
@@ -1875,6 +1874,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "strum_macros",
  "tera",
  "testcontainers",
+ "time 0.3.20",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
diff --git a/backend/Cargo.toml b/backend/Cargo.toml
index 24407e7..2c5908f 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ actix-session = { version = "0.7", features = ["cookie-session"]}
 serde = { version = "1.0.140", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.85"
 tera = { version = "1", default-features = false }
-diesel = { version = "2.0.0-rc.0", features = ["postgres", "r2d2", "chrono"] }
+diesel = { version = "2.0.0-rc.0", features = ["postgres", "r2d2", "time"] }
 dotenvy = "0.15"
 rust-argon2 = "1.0"
 rand = "0.8.5"
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ strum = "0.24.1"
 strum_macros = "0.24.1"
 futures-util = "0.3.25"
 csv = "1.1.6"
-chrono = "0.4.23"
+time = "0.3"
 r2d2 = "0.8.10"
 mockall = "0.11.4"
 mockall_double = "0.3.0"
diff --git a/backend/src/handlers/admin.rs b/backend/src/handlers/admin.rs
index 8e23900..b3eb7ab 100644
--- a/backend/src/handlers/admin.rs
+++ b/backend/src/handlers/admin.rs
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ use actix_identity::Identity;
 use actix_web::http::{header, StatusCode};
 use actix_web::web::{self, Json};
 use actix_web::{error, Error, HttpMessage, HttpRequest, HttpResponse};
-use chrono::NaiveDate;
 use diesel::prelude::*;
 use diesel::r2d2::ConnectionManager;
 use futures_util::stream::StreamExt as _;
 use r2d2::PooledConnection;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
+use time::{Date, Month};
 
 #[derive(Deserialize, Serialize, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct QueryInfo {
@@ -565,12 +565,19 @@ pub async fn get_rejected_transactions(
         .load::<RejectedTransaction>(connection)
         .unwrap();
     transaction_list.sort_by(|a, b| {
-        NaiveDate::parse_from_str(&b.date_of_payment, "%d.%m.%Y")
-            .unwrap_or_default()
-            .partial_cmp(
-                &NaiveDate::parse_from_str(&a.date_of_payment, "%d.%m.%Y").unwrap_or_default(),
+        Date::parse(
+            &b.date_of_payment,
+            &time::format_description::well_known::Rfc2822,
+        )
+        .unwrap_or_else(|_| Date::from_calendar_date(1970, Month::January, 1).unwrap())
+        .partial_cmp(
+            &Date::parse(
+                &a.date_of_payment,
+                &time::format_description::well_known::Rfc2822,
             )
-            .unwrap()
+            .unwrap_or_else(|_| Date::from_calendar_date(1970, Month::January, 1).unwrap()),
+        )
+        .unwrap()
     });
 
     let mut new_transaction_list = Vec::new();
diff --git a/backend/src/models/rejected_transaction.rs b/backend/src/models/rejected_transaction.rs
index a52bbc0..0528f60 100644
--- a/backend/src/models/rejected_transaction.rs
+++ b/backend/src/models/rejected_transaction.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 use crate::schema::rejected_transactions;
 use crate::DbPool;
 use actix_web::web;
-use chrono::NaiveDateTime;
 use diesel::prelude::*;
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use serde::Serialize;
+use time::PrimitiveDateTime;
 
 #[derive(Insertable)]
 #[diesel(table_name = rejected_transactions)]
@@ -31,11 +31,10 @@ pub struct RejectedTransaction {
     pub currency: String,
     pub payer_name: String,
     pub iban: String,
-    pub entry_added_at: NaiveDateTime,
+    pub entry_added_at: PrimitiveDateTime,
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone)]
-
 pub struct RejectedTransactionWithPotentialDuplicates {
     pub id: i32,
     pub runner_ids: String,