diff --git a/extensions-core/stats/src/test/java/io/druid/query/aggregation/variance/VarianceGroupByQueryTest.java b/extensions-core/stats/src/test/java/io/druid/query/aggregation/variance/VarianceGroupByQueryTest.java
index 131b84b52fb4..d290a1faa0e6 100644
--- a/extensions-core/stats/src/test/java/io/druid/query/aggregation/variance/VarianceGroupByQueryTest.java
+++ b/extensions-core/stats/src/test/java/io/druid/query/aggregation/variance/VarianceGroupByQueryTest.java
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ public class VarianceGroupByQueryTest
   private final QueryRunner<Row> runner;
   private final GroupByQueryRunnerFactory factory;
   private final String testName;
+  private final boolean compatibilityMode;
 
   @Parameterized.Parameters(name="{0}")
   public static Collection<?> constructorFeeder() throws IOException
@@ -68,12 +69,18 @@ public static Collection<?> constructorFeeder() throws IOException
     return GroupByQueryRunnerTest.constructorFeeder();
   }
 
-  public VarianceGroupByQueryTest(String testName, GroupByQueryConfig config, GroupByQueryRunnerFactory factory, QueryRunner runner)
+  public VarianceGroupByQueryTest(
+      String testName,
+      GroupByQueryConfig config,
+      GroupByQueryRunnerFactory factory,
+      QueryRunner runner,
+      boolean compatibilityMode)
   {
     this.testName = testName;
     this.config = config;
     this.factory = factory;
     this.runner = factory.mergeRunners(MoreExecutors.sameThreadExecutor(), ImmutableList.<QueryRunner<Row>>of(runner));
+    this.compatibilityMode = compatibilityMode;
   }
 
   @Test
diff --git a/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/groupby/GroupByQuery.java b/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/groupby/GroupByQuery.java
index 9184ad386893..709141544612 100644
--- a/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/groupby/GroupByQuery.java
+++ b/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/groupby/GroupByQuery.java
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ public boolean getContextSortByDimsFirst()
   @Override
   public Ordering getResultOrdering()
   {
-    final Ordering<Row> rowOrdering = getRowOrdering(false);
+    final Ordering<Row> rowOrdering = getRowOrdering(false, false);
 
     return Ordering.from(
         new Comparator<Object>()
@@ -300,11 +300,11 @@ public int compare(Object lhs, Object rhs)
     );
   }
 
-  public Ordering<Row> getRowOrdering(final boolean granular)
+  public Ordering<Row> getRowOrdering(final boolean granular, final boolean compatibilityMode)
   {
     final boolean sortByDimsFirst = getContextSortByDimsFirst();
 
-    final Comparator<Row> timeComparator = getTimeComparator(granular);
+    final Comparator<Row> timeComparator = getTimeComparator(granular, compatibilityMode);
 
     if (timeComparator == null) {
       return Ordering.from(
@@ -353,10 +353,24 @@ public int compare(Row lhs, Row rhs)
     }
   }
 
-  private Comparator<Row> getTimeComparator(boolean granular)
+  private Comparator<Row> getTimeComparator(boolean granular, boolean compatibilityMode)
   {
     if (Granularities.ALL.equals(granularity)) {
-      return null;
+      if (compatibilityMode) {
+        return new Comparator<Row>()
+        {
+          @Override
+          public int compare(Row lhs, Row rhs)
+          {
+            return Longs.compare(
+                granularity.bucketStart(lhs.getTimestamp()).getMillis(),
+                granularity.bucketStart(rhs.getTimestamp()).getMillis()
+            );
+          }
+        };
+      } else {
+        return null;
+      }
     } else if (granular) {
       return new Comparator<Row>()
       {
diff --git a/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/groupby/strategy/GroupByStrategy.java b/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/groupby/strategy/GroupByStrategy.java
index 5d140fae8267..28ebb687c1b0 100644
--- a/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/groupby/strategy/GroupByStrategy.java
+++ b/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/groupby/strategy/GroupByStrategy.java
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ public interface GroupByStrategy
    */
   boolean isCacheable(boolean willMergeRunners);
 
+  /**
+   * Indicates this strategy is compatible with GroupByStrategyV1 or not.
+   *
+   * @param compatibilityMode indicates whether to operate in compatibility mode or not
+   * @return true if this strategy is compatible with GroupByStrategyV1, otherwise false.
+   */
+  boolean isInCompatibilityMode(boolean compatibilityMode);
+
   /**
    * Decorate a runner with an interval chunking decorator.
    */
diff --git a/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/groupby/strategy/GroupByStrategyV1.java b/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/groupby/strategy/GroupByStrategyV1.java
index 544e6c9ce1cf..95066e6846bb 100644
--- a/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/groupby/strategy/GroupByStrategyV1.java
+++ b/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/groupby/strategy/GroupByStrategyV1.java
@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ public boolean isCacheable(boolean willMergeRunners)
     return true;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean isInCompatibilityMode(boolean compatibilityMode)
+  {
+    return false;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public QueryRunner<Row> createIntervalChunkingRunner(
       final IntervalChunkingQueryRunnerDecorator decorator,
diff --git a/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/groupby/strategy/GroupByStrategyV2.java b/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/groupby/strategy/GroupByStrategyV2.java
index e4dc798d17c8..88a93512efba 100644
--- a/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/groupby/strategy/GroupByStrategyV2.java
+++ b/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/groupby/strategy/GroupByStrategyV2.java
@@ -179,6 +179,12 @@ public boolean isCacheable(boolean willMergeRunners)
     return willMergeRunners;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public boolean isInCompatibilityMode(boolean compatibilityMode)
+  {
+    return compatibilityMode;
+  }
+
   @Override
   public QueryRunner<Row> createIntervalChunkingRunner(
       final IntervalChunkingQueryRunnerDecorator decorator,
@@ -209,7 +215,8 @@ public Sequence<Row> mergeResults(
       @Override
       protected Ordering<Row> makeOrdering(Query<Row> queryParam)
       {
-        return ((GroupByQuery) queryParam).getRowOrdering(true);
+        return ((GroupByQuery) queryParam).getRowOrdering(true,
+            isInCompatibilityMode(query.getContextValue(GroupByQueryConfig.CTX_KEY_STRATEGY) == null ? true : false));
       }
 
       @Override
diff --git a/processing/src/test/java/io/druid/query/groupby/GroupByQueryRunnerTest.java b/processing/src/test/java/io/druid/query/groupby/GroupByQueryRunnerTest.java
index d0a69ee4546e..a244820692d7 100644
--- a/processing/src/test/java/io/druid/query/groupby/GroupByQueryRunnerTest.java
+++ b/processing/src/test/java/io/druid/query/groupby/GroupByQueryRunnerTest.java
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@
 public class GroupByQueryRunnerTest
 {
   public static final ObjectMapper DEFAULT_MAPPER = new DefaultObjectMapper(new SmileFactory());
+  public static final List<Boolean> COMPATIBILITY_MODES = ImmutableList.of(true, false);
   public static final DruidProcessingConfig DEFAULT_PROCESSING_CONFIG = new DruidProcessingConfig()
   {
     @Override
@@ -183,6 +184,7 @@ public int getNumThreads()
   private GroupByQueryRunnerFactory factory;
   private GroupByQueryConfig config;
   private final String testName;
+  private final boolean compatibilityMode;
 
   @Rule
   public ExpectedException expectedException = ExpectedException.none();
@@ -380,12 +382,15 @@ public static Collection<?> constructorFeeder() throws IOException
     for (GroupByQueryConfig config : testConfigs()) {
       final GroupByQueryRunnerFactory factory = makeQueryRunnerFactory(config);
       for (QueryRunner<Row> runner : QueryRunnerTestHelper.makeQueryRunners(factory)) {
-        final String testName = String.format(
-            "config=%s, runner=%s",
-            config.toString(),
-            runner.toString()
-        );
-        constructors.add(new Object[]{testName, config, factory, runner});
+        for (boolean compatibilityMode : COMPATIBILITY_MODES) {
+          final String testName = String.format(
+              "config=%s, runner=%s, compatibilityMode=%s",
+              config.toString(),
+              runner.toString(),
+              compatibilityMode
+          );
+          constructors.add(new Object[] { testName, config, factory, runner, compatibilityMode });
+        }
       }
     }
 
@@ -393,13 +398,18 @@ public static Collection<?> constructorFeeder() throws IOException
   }
 
   public GroupByQueryRunnerTest(
-      String testName, GroupByQueryConfig config, GroupByQueryRunnerFactory factory, QueryRunner runner
+      String testName,
+      GroupByQueryConfig config,
+      GroupByQueryRunnerFactory factory,
+      QueryRunner runner,
+      boolean compatibilityMode
   )
   {
     this.testName = testName;
     this.config = config;
     this.factory = factory;
     this.runner = factory.mergeRunners(MoreExecutors.sameThreadExecutor(), ImmutableList.<QueryRunner<Row>>of(runner));
+    this.compatibilityMode = compatibilityMode;
   }
 
   @Test