hi I am using Redhat 6.2 and I am having some strange problem with the dates on the files created. blr:mahesh(4)% date Tue Sep 5 21:57:50 IST 2000 blr:mahesh(5)% touch hello blr:mahesh(6)% l hello -rw-r--r-- 1 mahesh mahesh 0 Sep 5 16:27 hello blr:mahesh(7)% touch --v touch (GNU fileutils) 4.0p Why would this happen the date for the file "hello" should have been 21:57, isn't it? -- -- B.G. Mahesh http://www.indiainfo.com/ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]