diff --git a/SeedDMS_Core/Core/inc.ClassDMS.php b/SeedDMS_Core/Core/inc.ClassDMS.php
index 7fdba28d5..83537c1de 100644
--- a/SeedDMS_Core/Core/inc.ClassDMS.php
+++ b/SeedDMS_Core/Core/inc.ClassDMS.php
@@ -662,20 +662,36 @@ class SeedDMS_Core_DMS {
 	/**
 	 * Returns all documents which already expired or will expire in the future
 	 *
+	 * The parameter $date will be relative to the start of the day. It can
+	 * be either a number of days (if an integer is passed) or a date string
+	 * in the format 'YYYY-MM-DD'.
+	 * If the parameter $date is a negative number or a date in the past, then
+	 * all documents from the start of that date till the end of the current
+	 * day will be returned. If $date is a positive integer or $date is a
+	 * date in the future, the all documents from the start of the current
+	 * day till the end of the day of the given date will be returned.
+	 * Passing 0 or the
+	 * current date in $date, will return all documents expiring the current
+	 * day.
 	 * @param string $date date in format YYYY-MM-DD or an integer with the number
 	 *   of days. A negative value will cover the days in the past.
-	 * @param SeedDMS_Core_User $user
+	 * @param SeedDMS_Core_User $user limits the documents on those owned
+	 *   by this user
+	 * @param string $orderby n=name, e=expired
+	 * @param string $orderdir d=desc or a=asc
+	 * @param bool $update update status of document if set to true
 	 * @return bool|SeedDMS_Core_Document[]
 	 */
-	function getDocumentsExpired($date, $user=null) { /* {{{ */
+	function getDocumentsExpired($date, $user=null, $orderby='e', $orderdir='desc', $update=true) { /* {{{ */
 		$db = $this->getDB();
 
 		if (!$db->createTemporaryTable("ttstatid") || !$db->createTemporaryTable("ttcontentid")) {
 			return false;
 		}
 		
+		$tsnow = mktime(0, 0, 0); /* Start of today */
 		if(is_int($date)) {
-			$ts = mktime(0, 0, 0) + $date * 86400;
+			$ts = $tsnow + $date * 86400;
 		} elseif(is_string($date)) {
 			$tmp = explode('-', $date, 3);
 			if(count($tmp) != 3)
@@ -684,11 +700,10 @@ class SeedDMS_Core_DMS {
 		} else
 			return false;
 
-		$tsnow = mktime(0, 0, 0); /* Start of today */
 		if($ts < $tsnow) { /* Check for docs expired in the past */
 			$startts = $ts;
 			$endts = $tsnow+86400; /* Use end of day */
-			$updatestatus = true;
+			$updatestatus = $update;
 		} else { /* Check for docs which will expire in the future */
 			$startts = $tsnow;
 			$endts = $ts+86400; /* Use end of day */
@@ -706,12 +721,12 @@ class SeedDMS_Core_DMS {
 			"LEFT JOIN `ttstatid` ON `ttstatid`.`statusID` = `tblDocumentStatus`.`statusID` ".
 			"LEFT JOIN `tblDocumentStatusLog` ON `tblDocumentStatusLog`.`statusLogID` = `ttstatid`.`maxLogID`";
 		$queryStr .= 
-			" WHERE `tblDocuments`.`expires` > ".$startts." AND `tblDocuments`.`expires` < ".$endts;
+			" WHERE `tblDocuments`.`expires` >= ".$startts." AND `tblDocuments`.`expires` < ".$endts;
 		if($user)
 			$queryStr .=
 				" AND `tblDocuments`.`owner` = '".$user->getID()."' ";
 		$queryStr .= 
-			" ORDER BY `expires` DESC";
+			" ORDER BY ".($orderby == 'e' ? "`expires`" : "`name`")." ".($orderdir == 'd' ? "DESC" : "ASC");
 
 		$resArr = $db->getResultArray($queryStr);
 		if (is_bool($resArr) && !$resArr)
@@ -721,8 +736,9 @@ class SeedDMS_Core_DMS {
 		$documents = array();
 		foreach ($resArr as $row) {
 			$document = $this->getDocument($row["id"]);
-			if($updatestatus)
+			if($updatestatus) {
 				$document->verifyLastestContentExpriry();
+			}
 			$documents[] = $document;
 		}
 		return $documents;
diff --git a/SeedDMS_Core/package.xml b/SeedDMS_Core/package.xml
index 54f316133..e8364dc0c 100644
--- a/SeedDMS_Core/package.xml
+++ b/SeedDMS_Core/package.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
  <notes>
 - add new callback onSetStatus
 - fix SeedDMS_Core_DMS::getExpiredDocuments(), sql statement failed because temp. tables were not created
+- add parameters $orderdir, $orderby, $update to SeedDMS_Core::getExpiredDocuments()
  </notes>
  <contents>
   <dir baseinstalldir="SeedDMS" name="/">