diff --git a/Slash/DB/MySQL/MySQL.pm b/Slash/DB/MySQL/MySQL.pm
index bfaa117ab..06a200ce7 100644
--- a/Slash/DB/MySQL/MySQL.pm
+++ b/Slash/DB/MySQL/MySQL.pm
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use strict;
 use Socket;
 use Digest::MD5 'md5_hex';
 use Time::HiRes;
+use Time::Local;
 use Date::Format qw(time2str);
 use Data::Dumper;
 use Slash::Utility;
@@ -8304,6 +8305,19 @@ sub getDay {
 	return $day;
 }
 
+sub getDayFromDay {
+	my($self, $day, $days_back) = @_;
+	$day =~ s/-//g;
+	my ($y, $m, $d) = $day =~ /(\d{4})(\d{2})(\d{2})/;
+	my $return_day;
+	if ($y) {
+		$return_day = timeCalc(scalar localtime(timelocal(0, 0, 0, $d, $m - 1, $y - 1900) - 86400 * $days_back), "%Y%m%d");
+	} else {
+		$return_day = $self->getDay(0) if !$y;
+	}
+	return $return_day;
+}
+
 ##################################################################
 # XXXSECTIONTOPICS this should be working fine now 2004/07/08
 sub getStoryList {
diff --git a/Slash/DB/Static/MySQL/MySQL.pm b/Slash/DB/Static/MySQL/MySQL.pm
index adbf255fb..4d50c4d2d 100644
--- a/Slash/DB/Static/MySQL/MySQL.pm
+++ b/Slash/DB/Static/MySQL/MySQL.pm
@@ -1900,6 +1900,7 @@ sub getUrlsNeedingRefresh {
 	);
 }
 
+
 1;
 
 __END__
diff --git a/Slash/Slash.pm b/Slash/Slash.pm
index 106d376dd..654dfb808 100644
--- a/Slash/Slash.pm
+++ b/Slash/Slash.pm
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ $VERSION   	= '2.005000';  # v2.5.0
 	gensym
 
 	dispComment displayStory displayRelatedStories displayThread dispStory
-	getOlderStories getOlderDays printComments
+	getOlderStories getOlderDays getOlderDaysFromDay printComments
 	jsSelectComments
 
 	tempUofmLinkGenerate tempUofmCipherObj
@@ -1660,6 +1660,48 @@ sub getOlderDays {
 	return($today, $tomorrow, $yesterday, $week_ago);
 }
 
+sub getOlderDaysFromDay {
+	my ($day, $start, $end, $options) = @_;
+	my $slashdb = getCurrentDB();
+	$day ||= $slashdb->getDay(0);
+	$start ||= 0;
+	$end ||= 0;
+	$options ||= {};
+	my $days = [];
+
+	my $today = $slashdb->getDay(0);
+	my $yesterday = $slashdb->getDay(1);
+	my $weekago = $slashdb->getDay(7);
+	
+	for ($start..$end) {
+		my $the_day =  $slashdb->getDayFromDay($day, $_);
+		push @$days, $the_day if $the_day < $today;
+	}
+	if ($today > $days->[0]) {
+		unshift @$days, "$today";
+	}
+
+	my ($ty, $tm, $td) = $today =~ /(\d{4})(\d{2})(\d{2})/;
+	my $ret_array = [];
+	foreach (@$days) {
+		my $label;
+		my ($y, $m, $d) = $_ =~ /(\d{4})(\d{2})(\d{2})/;
+		if ($_ eq $today) {
+			$label = "Today";
+		} elsif ($_ eq $yesterday) {
+			$label = "Yesterday";
+		} elsif ($_ <= $today && $_ >= $weekago) {
+			$label = timeCalc($_, "%A", 0);
+		} elsif ($ty == $y) {
+			$label = timeCalc($_, "%B %e", 0);
+		} else {
+			$label = timeCalc($_, "%b. %e, %Y", 0);
+		}
+		push @$ret_array, [ $_, $label ];
+	}
+	return $ret_array;
+}
+
 #========================================================================
 
 =head2 getData(VALUE [, PARAMETERS, PAGE])