Posts are displaying alphabetically instead of by date

Hi. I have the following on my index page to show the most recent posts from two categories. However, instead of ordering the posts by date, it orders them alphabetically. I’ve tried a few things and can’t seem to get the problem fixed. Thanks in advance for your help.


<p class="greentitle">News</p>
<p />
<?php query_posts('cat=1&showposts=1'); ?>
<?php while(have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
<div class="post-info"><h2 class="post-title"><a href="<?php

the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: <?php

the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
</div>
<div class="post-content">
<?php the_content(); ?>
<div class="post-info">
<p class="post-date">Posted on <?php the_time('D j M Y'); ?> <?php

edit_post_link('(edit this)'); ?></p>
<?php wp_link_pages(); ?>
</div>
<!--
<?php trackback_rdf(); ?>
-->
</div>
<?php comments_template(); // Get wp-comments.php template ?>
</div>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<p class="greentitle">Articles</p>
<p />
<?php query_posts('cat=4&showposts=2'); ?>
<?php while(have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
<div class="post-info"><h2 class="post-title"><a href="<?php

the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link: <?php

the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
</div>
<div class="post-content">
<?php the_content(); ?>
<div class="post-info">
<p class="post-date">Posted on <?php the_time('D j M Y'); ?> <?php

edit_post_link('(edit this)'); ?></p>
<?php wp_link_pages(); ?>
</div>
<!--
<?php trackback_rdf(); ?>
-->
</div>
<?php comments_template(); // Get wp-comments.php template ?>
</div>
<?php endwhile; ?>