Hi
Not sure if it is any help, but I also wanted my blog in chronological order. I ended up using Wordpress and each time I made a blog entry(or in your case a diary entry) I edited the date so it would appear when I wanted it to and where. This allowed me to post days behind and only one post per page, which is basically the only way to do that with a blog style system.
It worked for me, check out my web page and you can see on the top left, the calander and drop down box for different months and years etc.
It may not suit you, but it may give you some ideas.
With mine, of course it would always show the latest post when you go to the page, but it is then easy to pick a date to start reading.
Cheers
TS
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