Wrong modified dates in my folders

Hi,
I have this nagging problem for a while, all the "date modified" in most of my folders (application, documents,utility, libraries, download, etc.) are wrong.
They all show up with january dates, some this year, some previous years.Recent modifications are noted as "today" and "yesterday", beyond
that I get january dates.
My date and hour preferences are set ok.
Repaired permissions quite a few times, nothing changed.
Waited for a few system updates (10.7.3 - 10.7.2 - 10.7.1) hoping it would correct itself, but no.
Any clue?
Thank's

Go to System Preferences > Language & Test > Formats. Click the "Customize" button in the Dates section.
The four formatting boxes in the upper portion of tat screen should contain only blue ovals (plus plain text separators, as needed, such as commas, etc.). If any of them contain a plain text entry, such as the word January, delete that plain text and replace it with the appropriate blue oval dragged up from the lower section.
Note - the text displayed on each oval is a representative label, and is not meant to reflect the current date info.

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