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+#! /bin/sh
+
+# Print the modification date of $1 `nicely'.
+
+# Don't want foreign dates.
+
+LANGUAGE=
+
+
+(date;
+if ls -L /dev/null 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then ls -L -l $1; else ls -l $1; fi
+) | awk '
+BEGIN {
+	full["Jan"] = "January"; number["Jan"] = 1;
+	full["Feb"] = "February"; number["Feb"] = 2;
+	full["Mar"] = "March"; number["Mar"] = 3;
+	full["Apr"] = "April"; number["Apr"] = 4;
+	full["May"] = "May"; number["May"] = 5;
+	full["Jun"] = "June"; number["Jun"] = 6;
+	full["Jul"] = "July"; number["Jul"] = 7;
+	full["Aug"] = "August"; number["Aug"] = 8;
+	full["Sep"] = "September"; number["Sep"] = 9;
+	full["Oct"] = "October"; number["Oct"] = 10;
+	full["Nov"] = "November"; number["Nov"] = 11;
+	full["Dec"] = "December"; number["Dec"] = 12;
+}
+
+NR == 1 {
+	month = $2;
+	year = $NF;
+}
+
+NR == 2 {
+	if ($(NF-1) ~ /:/) {
+		if (number[$(NF-3)] > number[month])
+			year--;
+	}
+	else
+		year = $(NF-1);
+	print $(NF-2), full[$(NF-3)], year
+}'