Why will finder not order files by last modified?

Finder has an option to arrange files by last modified, which I have enabled: http://i.imgur.com/rOfwz1O.png
This doesn't do what is says though, it groups files last modified with a particular time frame (today, yesterday, last week, etc.) and shows them alphabetically within that group.
To illustrate this problem create 3 files, a, b, c
-rw-r--r-- 1 admin staff 0 11 Oct 13:04 a
-rw-r--r-- 1 admin staff 0 11 Oct 13:03 b
-rw-r--r-- 1 admin staff 0 11 Oct 13:04 c
As you can see 'b' was created a minute before 'a' and 'c', yet in finder with the arrange by last modified option enabled they still appear in alphabetical order: http://i.imgur.com/4cVRTdD.png
How do I get true chronological ordering of files in OSX?
Thanks for any help

By what you describe, it is arranging files by last modified. But, it appears you want to Sort by last modified.
Set the Arrangement to None, then option click the button (or menu item). It will switch to Sorting options.
You can set an Arrangement and also sort within the groups of the arrangement.

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