Hm. Mine always sorts by whatever I had it sorted by the last time I was in here.Sounds like it is sort under ID rather than date.
Hm...
Try clearing out the files in your Internet Options, maybe even the cookies.
Or look to make sure you are set to get the page fresh when you come back to it rather than open it from stored. Although you would think after a few times it would clear out.
I looked but didn't find anywhere to set a preference for which way it sorts.