Icon View in Finder sort order is reversed

Hi,
In Finder, when using icon view, the "arrange by">"date modified" order has reversed. I can't find any settings to change it back.
Other views such as list view are working normally. The change happened yesterday evening and appears to affect all folders. Rebooting makes no difference.
Please can anyone tell me how to correct this?
Thanks

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Try deleting this file.
com.apple.Finder.plist
~/Library/Preferences.
Move that file to the Trash and restart your Mac.
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