diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/discovery/indexobject/LDNMessageEntityIndexFactoryImpl.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/discovery/indexobject/LDNMessageEntityIndexFactoryImpl.java
index 76db7f224dc9..29acddd7d7cf 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/discovery/indexobject/LDNMessageEntityIndexFactoryImpl.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/discovery/indexobject/LDNMessageEntityIndexFactoryImpl.java
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.time.DateFormatUtils;
 import org.apache.solr.common.SolrInputDocument;
 import org.dspace.app.ldn.LDNMessageEntity;
 import org.dspace.app.ldn.NotifyServiceEntity;
@@ -120,8 +122,9 @@ public SolrInputDocument buildDocument(Context context, IndexableLDNNotification
         addFacetIndex(doc, "coar_notify_type", ldnMessage.getCoarNotifyType(), ldnMessage.getCoarNotifyType());
         doc.addField("queue_attempts", ldnMessage.getQueueAttempts());
         doc.addField("queue_attempts_sort", ldnMessage.getQueueAttempts());
-        doc.addField("queue_last_start_time", ldnMessage.getQueueLastStartTime());
-        doc.addField("queue_last_start_time_dt", ldnMessage.getQueueLastStartTime());
+
+        indexDateFieldForFacet(doc, ldnMessage.getQueueLastStartTime());
+
         doc.addField("queue_timeout", ldnMessage.getQueueTimeout());
         String notificationType = LDNMessageEntity.getNotificationType(ldnMessage);
         addFacetIndex(doc, "notification_type", notificationType, notificationType);
@@ -129,4 +132,19 @@ public SolrInputDocument buildDocument(Context context, IndexableLDNNotification
         return doc;
     }
 
+    private void indexDateFieldForFacet(SolrInputDocument doc, Date queueLastStartTime) {
+        if (queueLastStartTime != null) {
+            String value = DateFormatUtils.format(queueLastStartTime, "yyyy-MM-dd");
+            doc.addField("queue_last_start_time", value);
+            doc.addField("queue_last_start_time_dt", queueLastStartTime);
+            doc.addField("queue_last_start_time_keyword", value);
+            doc.addField("queue_last_start_time_min", value);
+            doc.addField("queue_last_start_time_min_sort", value);
+            doc.addField("queue_last_start_time_max", value);
+            doc.addField("queue_last_start_time_max_sort", value);
+            doc.addField("queue_last_start_time.year",
+                Integer.parseInt(DateFormatUtils.format(queueLastStartTime, "yyyy")));
+        }
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/dspace/config/spring/api/discovery.xml b/dspace/config/spring/api/discovery.xml
index dd12bd6f3afb..4323badccd35 100644
--- a/dspace/config/spring/api/discovery.xml
+++ b/dspace/config/spring/api/discovery.xml
@@ -2154,6 +2154,7 @@
             	<ref bean="searchFilterNotifyQueueStatus" />
             	<ref bean="searchFilterNotifyActivityStreamType" />
             	<ref bean="searchFilterNotifyCoarNotifyType" />
+            	<ref bean="searchFilterNotifyLastStartTime" />
             </list>
         </property>
         <!--The search filters which can be used on the discovery search page -->
@@ -2166,6 +2167,7 @@
             	<ref bean="searchFilterNotifyQueueStatus" />
             	<ref bean="searchFilterNotifyActivityStreamType" />
             	<ref bean="searchFilterNotifyCoarNotifyType" />
+            	<ref bean="searchFilterNotifyLastStartTime" />
             </list>
         </property>
         <!--The sort filters for the discovery search-->
@@ -3221,6 +3223,22 @@
         <property name="isOpenByDefault" value="true"/>
         <property name="pageSize" value="10"/>
     </bean>
+    
+    <bean id="searchFilterNotifyLastStartTime" class="org.dspace.discovery.configuration.DiscoverySearchFilterFacet">
+        <property name="indexFieldName" value="queue_last_start_time"/>
+        <property name="metadataFields">
+            <list>
+                <value></value>
+            </list>
+        </property>
+        <property name="type" value="date"/>
+        <property name="facetLimit" value="5"/>
+        <property name="sortOrderSidebar" value="COUNT"/>
+        <property name="sortOrderFilterPage" value="COUNT"/>
+        <property name="isOpenByDefault" value="false"/>
+        <property name="pageSize" value="10"/>
+        <property name="exposeMinAndMaxValue" value="true"/>
+    </bean>
 
     <!--Sort properties-->
     <bean id="sortScore" class="org.dspace.discovery.configuration.DiscoverySortFieldConfiguration">