FINDER: File Date & Time Slow to Update

In finder windows my date and time is slow to "update" when I've changed a file. Viewing by "Date Modified" is worthless sometimes. I change & save a file, view in finder and the date & time has not updated. Update times vary from immediate to minutes...
Surely this isn't typical? The systme can't handle getting file date&time updated?
10.4.7 on Dual 1Gz machine.
comments?

Hi, Greg.
I've seen this happen from time to time myself. In my case it has been very rare and I've been unable to pin down a cause. It appears to be a bit of a glitch in Finder. It's usually seen with server-mounted volumes even though it was supposedly fixed in Tiger after being a regular issue with shared volumes in Panther.
Some ideas:
• Temporarily switching the View from say List to Icon and Back often corrects this.
• You might want to take a look at Nudge.
• If it's happening at high frequency, purging your Finder preferences may help. See my "Finder Issues? How to delete its preferences" FAQ.
• You may want to try Path Finder, an alternative Finder. You can use Finder and Path Finder simultaneously.
Good luck!
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