diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index 10c2e79d8f0adba3e091277a6856f526d6d9e25d..999ed95f17726b01cee00eceec4c773060985b0d 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -320,6 +320,8 @@ Vagrant.configure(2) do |config|
       touch -t #{old} -a "#{test_dir}/dates/plum"
       touch -t #{med} -a "#{test_dir}/dates/pear"
       touch -t #{new} -a "#{test_dir}/dates/peach"
+
+      sudo chown #{user}:#{user} -R "#{test_dir}/dates"
     EOF
 
 
diff --git a/src/fs/file.rs b/src/fs/file.rs
index 3defdd78758732f0435fa5cb7bda616c3abd75fa..6e99ca7d13b2571d257f3d89d03769de82672586 100644
--- a/src/fs/file.rs
+++ b/src/fs/file.rs
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ impl<'dir> File<'dir> {
     }
 
     pub fn accessed_time(&self) -> f::Time {
-        f::Time(self.metadata.mtime())
+        f::Time(self.metadata.atime())
     }
 
     /// This file's 'type'.
diff --git a/xtests/dates_accessed b/xtests/dates_accessed
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3d80658abdef446b915123933d224fc0e8bfe4a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xtests/dates_accessed
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Permissions Size User      Date Accessed Name
+.rw-rw-r--     0 cassowary  3 Mar  2003  plum
+.rw-rw-r--     0 cassowary 15 Jun  2006  pear
+.rw-rw-r--     0 cassowary 22 Jul  2009  peach
diff --git a/xtests/dates_modified b/xtests/dates_modified
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..166b68fa78c174fe6f4c4497d06de36e1bfdb2c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xtests/dates_modified
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Permissions Size User      Date Modified Name
+.rw-rw-r--     0 cassowary  3 Mar  2003  pear
+.rw-rw-r--     0 cassowary 15 Jun  2006  peach
+.rw-rw-r--     0 cassowary 22 Jul  2009  plum
diff --git a/xtests/run.sh b/xtests/run.sh
index 8493f971922c3128f89beef8d0c5bd3d904c3885..42200e05761e15bef952964b046790ccd2e9a41b 100755
--- a/xtests/run.sh
+++ b/xtests/run.sh
@@ -107,6 +107,11 @@ $exa $testcases/file-names-exts/music.* -I "*.OGG"       -1 2>&1 | diff -q - $re
 $exa $testcases/file-names-exts/music.* -I "*.OGG|*.mp3" -1 2>&1 | diff -q - $results/empty        || exit 1
 
 
+# Dates and times
+$exa $testcases/dates -lh --accessed --sort=accessed 2>&1 | diff -q - $results/dates_accessed  || exit 1
+$exa $testcases/dates -lh            --sort=modified 2>&1 | diff -q - $results/dates_modified  || exit 1
+
+
 # Paths and directories
 # These directories are created in the VM user’s home directory (the default
 # location) when a Cargo build is done.