Why file access/modification/status date reverts to May 1999?

[Jim Diaz]

According to a past posting, HP UX 10.2 Apollo 700 workstation files have three times in the i-node status: 1)time of last modification, 2)time of last access, and 3) time of last status change. Recently, on our HP Apollos, the time stamp displayed next to the files listed in a directory, (ie. time of last modification) has been resetting to May of 1999 upon a "vi", "cp", or a "chmod". Oddly, the DATE system command reports the correct date of Feb 7, 2001. Is this a bug? and if so, is there a patch to correct this bug?
Also, is there a command to verify access and status change timestamps?

Thanks in advance.
Jim

[RikTytgat]

Hi,

1. Are you sure the hardware you mention is Y2K compliant?

2. Do you have all Y2K patches installed (seems kind of late!!)

3. Using the library call fstat, you can write a c-program that does exactly that.

Hope this helps,
Rik

[Jim Diaz]

Rick,

Just installed a more recent Y2K patch bundle, and still I have a file time stamp anomolly. There must be a patch that address this problem. Being drive space is limited, our system adminstrator opts not to install complete general patch bundles.

[Steven Sim Kok Leong]

Hi,

If you touch a file, what is the timestamp you are getting?

Steven Sim Kok Leong
Brainbench MVP for Unix Admin
http://www.brainbench.com

[Jim Diaz]

When I "touch" a file, the time stamp is set to the correct current time, ie. Feb 9, 05:42.

I also have noted that in root, the problem does not exist.