diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php
index bc25dd0045a87..76d0cc75c914a 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-posts-list-table.php
@@ -1196,16 +1196,32 @@ public function column_date( $post ) {
 			$t_time    = __( 'Unpublished' );
 			$time_diff = 0;
 		} else {
-			$t_time = sprintf(
-				/* translators: 1: Post date, 2: Post time. */
-				__( '%1$s at %2$s' ),
-				/* translators: Post date format. See https://www.php.net/manual/datetime.format.php */
-				get_the_time( __( 'Y/m/d' ), $post ),
-				/* translators: Post time format. See https://www.php.net/manual/datetime.format.php */
-				get_the_time( __( 'g:i a' ), $post )
-			);
+			// Use modified time for unpublished posts to match "Last Modified" status label
+			$use_modified_time = ! in_array( $post->post_status, array( 'publish', 'future' ), true );
+
+			if ( $use_modified_time ) {
+				$t_time = sprintf(
+					/* translators: 1: Modified date, 2: Modified time. */
+					__( '%1$s at %2$s' ),
+					/* translators: Modified date format. See https://www.php.net/manual/datetime.format.php */
+					get_the_modified_time( __( 'Y/m/d' ), $post ),
+					/* translators: Modified time format. See https://www.php.net/manual/datetime.format.php */
+					get_the_modified_time( __( 'g:i a' ), $post )
+				);
+				$time = get_post_modified_time( 'U', false, $post );
+			} else {
+				$t_time = sprintf(
+					/* translators: 1: Post date, 2: Post time. */
+					__( '%1$s at %2$s' ),
+					/* translators: Post date format. See https://www.php.net/manual/datetime.format.php */
+					get_the_time( __( 'Y/m/d' ), $post ),
+					/* translators: Post time format. See https://www.php.net/manual/datetime.format.php */
+					get_the_time( __( 'g:i a' ), $post )
+				);
+
+				$time = get_post_timestamp( $post );
+			}
 
-			$time      = get_post_timestamp( $post );
 			$time_diff = time() - $time;
 		}