diff --git a/src/category/data.ts b/src/category/data.ts
index d885f0fb..84a78dab 100644
--- a/src/category/data.ts
+++ b/src/category/data.ts
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ export const NULL_CATEGORY_DATA: CategoryData = {
 export const getDataForCategories = () => Promise.all([
   SHOW_RECENTS
     ? getPhotosMetaCached({ recent: true })
-      .then(({ count, dateRange }) => count && dateRange
+      .then(({ count, dateRangeCreatedAt }) => count && dateRangeCreatedAt
         ? [{
           count,
-          lastModified: new Date(dateRange?.end ?? ''),
+          lastModified: new Date(dateRangeCreatedAt?.end ?? ''),
         }] : undefined)
       .catch(() => [])
     : undefined,
diff --git a/src/photo/query.ts b/src/photo/query.ts
index 85854fcd..2082153f 100644
--- a/src/photo/query.ts
+++ b/src/photo/query.ts
@@ -497,8 +497,12 @@ export const getPhotosNearId = async (
 
 export const getPhotosMeta = (options: PhotoQueryOptions = {}) =>
   safelyQuery(async () => {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line max-len
-    let sql = 'SELECT COUNT(*), MIN(p.taken_at_naive) as start, MAX(p.taken_at_naive) as end FROM photos p';
+    let sql = `
+      SELECT COUNT(*),
+      MIN(p.taken_at_naive) as start, MAX(p.taken_at_naive) as end,
+      MIN(p.created_at) as start_created_at, MAX(p.created_at) as end_created_at
+      FROM photos p
+    `;
     const joins = getJoinsFromOptions(options);
     if (joins) { sql += ` ${joins}`; }
     const { wheres, wheresValues } = getWheresFromOptions(options);
@@ -512,6 +516,13 @@ export const getPhotosMeta = (options: PhotoQueryOptions = {}) =>
             end: rows[0].end as string,
           } as PhotoDateRangePostgres }
           : undefined,
+        // Used to calculate upload time for 'recents'
+        ...rows[0]?.start_created_at && rows[0]?.end_created_at
+          ? { dateRangeCreatedAt: {
+            start: rows[0].start_created_at as string,
+            end: rows[0].end_created_at as string,
+          } as PhotoDateRangePostgres }
+          : undefined,
       }));
   }, 'getPhotosMeta');