long listing using ls -l command display year or time of the file

mnd_world · 05-20-2004, 05:55 AM

Hi! all there,
When I run the <PRE>ls -l</PRE> command in the <PRE>/bin</PRE> directory, some files
display their timestamp as the date and time, while some others show date with the year added and no time, a sample output is shown below:

<PRE>
$ls -l /bin
(contd....)
-rwxr-xr-- 1 root root 149388 Jun 17 2003 tar
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 316276 Jan 25 12:52 tcsh

(output truncated.....)

</PRE>

I just want to know why some files display time with the date while others displays year with the date.

Any reply will be appreciated.

Thanx in advance
Manish

arvind_sv · 05-20-2004, 11:39 AM

From ls's man page:

Quote:

For files with a time that is more than 6 months old or more than 1 hour into the future, the timestamp contains the year instead of the time of day.

If you want the full time, try this:
ls -l --full-time

Arvind