diff --git a/bin/git-effort b/bin/git-effort
index 3281b55..6dc8590 100755
--- a/bin/git-effort
+++ b/bin/git-effort
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ show_cursor_and_cleanup() {
 #
 
 active_days() {
-  echo "$1" | uniq | wc -l
+  echo "$1" | sort -r | uniq | wc -l
 }
 
 #
diff --git a/bin/git-summary b/bin/git-summary
index c1bcdce..8b69000 100755
--- a/bin/git-summary
+++ b/bin/git-summary
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ date() {
 #
 
 active_days() {
-  date $1 | uniq | awk '
+  date $1 | sort -r | uniq | awk '
     { sum += 1 }
     END { print sum }
   '