On Tue, 2007-07-17 at 07:19 -0400, Pete Geenhuizen wrote: > notice the date format fc6 > $ ls -lad /etc > drwxr-xr-x 154 root root 12288 Jul 17 00:44 /etc > > now in f7 > $ ls -lad /etc > drwxr-xr-x 108 root root 12288 2007-07-17 04:28 /etc > > If it's me can someone enlighten me what the fix is or is this a bug? Look at the ls man file. You can select how you want dates to be represented (--time-style). Play with your BASH configuration to use your preference by default (e.g. give yourself an alias for ls that includes the setting). -- [tim@bigblack ~]$ rm -rfd /*^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Huname -ipr 2.6.21-1.3228.fc7 i686 i386 Using FC 4, 5, 6 & 7, plus CentOS 5. Today, it's FC7. Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.