> Thanks, but I still can't get the database creation date.... > > > % cat PG_VERSION > 8.1 > > 16% ls -lt PG* > -rw------- 1 postgres users 4 Jun 22 10:34 PG_VERSION > > This date was the date that the Postgres server was upgraded to 8.1 > and the timestamp of this file is same under each of all database > directories.... Ah, then the information was lost when you upgraded :/ Backups of the data files prior to the upgrade? Bye, Chris.