diff --git a/core/modules/node/node.install b/core/modules/node/node.install
index 3dab783..da31092 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/node.install
+++ b/core/modules/node/node.install
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ function node_update_8014(&$sandbox) {
     );
     db_add_field('node', 'published', $spec, $keys);
 
-    // Create a table to store temporary data for this update. 
+    // Create a table to store temporary data for this update.
     db_create_table('node_update_8014', array(
       'description' => 'Stores temporary data for node_update_8014.',
       'fields' => array(
@@ -792,7 +792,6 @@ function node_update_8014(&$sandbox) {
     $sandbox['last'] = 0;
     $sandbox['count'] = 0;
     $sandbox['total'] = db_query('SELECT COUNT(*) FROM {node_update_8014}')->fetchField();
-    
   }
   else {
     // We do each pass in batches of 1000.
diff --git a/core/modules/node/node.views.inc b/core/modules/node/node.views.inc
index a67b870..8f46224 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/node.views.inc
+++ b/core/modules/node/node.views.inc
@@ -117,6 +117,22 @@ function node_views_data() {
     ),
   );
 
+  // Published field
+  $data['node']['published'] = array(
+    'title' => t('Published date'),
+    'help' => t('The date the content was first published on.'),
+    'field' => array(
+      'id' => 'date',
+      'click sortable' => TRUE,
+    ),
+    'sort' => array(
+      'id' => 'date'
+    ),
+    'filter' => array(
+      'id' => 'date',
+    ),
+  );
+
   // Content type
   $data['node']['type'] = array(
     'title' => t('Type'), // The item it appears as on the UI,