diff --git a/src/stat/Cargo.toml b/src/stat/Cargo.toml
index f2d6f4c72..da3788528 100644
--- a/src/stat/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/stat/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ path = "stat.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 getopts = "*"
-libc = "*"
+libc = "^0.2"
 time = "*"
 uucore = { path="../uucore" }
 
diff --git a/src/stat/fsext.rs b/src/stat/fsext.rs
index d382f6b95..a169ed084 100644
--- a/src/stat/fsext.rs
+++ b/src/stat/fsext.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,12 @@ macro_rules! has {
 
 pub fn pretty_time(sec: i64, nsec: i64) -> String {
     let tm = time::at(Timespec::new(sec, nsec as i32));
-    time::strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f %z", &tm).unwrap()
+    let res = time::strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f %z", &tm).unwrap();
+    if res.ends_with(" -0000") {
+        res.replace(" -0000", " +0000")
+    } else {
+        res
+    }
 }
 
 pub fn pretty_filetype<'a>(mode: mode_t, size: u64) -> &'a str {
@@ -72,7 +77,7 @@ pub fn pretty_access(mode: mode_t) -> String {
     } else {
         '-'
     });
-    result.push(if has!(mode, S_ISUID as u32) {
+    result.push(if has!(mode, S_ISUID as mode_t) {
         if has!(mode, S_IXUSR) {
             's'
         } else {
@@ -94,7 +99,7 @@ pub fn pretty_access(mode: mode_t) -> String {
     } else {
         '-'
     });
-    result.push(if has!(mode, S_ISGID as u32) {
+    result.push(if has!(mode, S_ISGID as mode_t) {
         if has!(mode, S_IXGRP) {
             's'
         } else {
@@ -116,7 +121,7 @@ pub fn pretty_access(mode: mode_t) -> String {
     } else {
         '-'
     });
-    result.push(if has!(mode, S_ISVTX as u32) {
+    result.push(if has!(mode, S_ISVTX as mode_t) {
         if has!(mode, S_IXOTH) {
             't'
         } else {
@@ -386,19 +391,19 @@ mod test_fsext {
         assert_eq!("?rw-r-xr-x", pretty_access(0o655));
 
         assert_eq!("brwSr-xr-x",
-                   pretty_access(S_IFBLK | S_ISUID as u32 | 0o655));
+                   pretty_access(S_IFBLK | S_ISUID as mode_t | 0o655));
         assert_eq!("brwsr-xr-x",
-                   pretty_access(S_IFBLK | S_ISUID as u32 | 0o755));
+                   pretty_access(S_IFBLK | S_ISUID as mode_t | 0o755));
 
         assert_eq!("prw---sr--",
-                   pretty_access(S_IFIFO | S_ISGID as u32 | 0o614));
+                   pretty_access(S_IFIFO | S_ISGID as mode_t | 0o614));
         assert_eq!("prw---Sr--",
-                   pretty_access(S_IFIFO | S_ISGID as u32 | 0o604));
+                   pretty_access(S_IFIFO | S_ISGID as mode_t | 0o604));
 
         assert_eq!("c---r-xr-t",
-                   pretty_access(S_IFCHR | S_ISVTX as u32 | 0o055));
+                   pretty_access(S_IFCHR | S_ISVTX as mode_t | 0o055));
         assert_eq!("c---r-xr-T",
-                   pretty_access(S_IFCHR | S_ISVTX as u32 | 0o054));
+                   pretty_access(S_IFCHR | S_ISVTX as mode_t | 0o054));
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/src/stat/stat.rs b/src/stat/stat.rs
index 2515c82c3..58152a080 100644
--- a/src/stat/stat.rs
+++ b/src/stat/stat.rs
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ impl Stater {
                                     }
                                     // file type
                                     'F' => {
-                                        arg = pretty_filetype(meta.mode(), meta.len()).to_owned();
+                                        arg = pretty_filetype(meta.mode() as mode_t, meta.len()).to_owned();
                                         otype = OutputType::Str;
                                     }
                                     // group ID of owner
@@ -622,13 +622,13 @@ impl Stater {
                                     // quoted file name with dereference if symbolic link
                                     'N' => {
                                         if ftype.is_symlink() {
-                                            arg = format!("'{}' -> '{}'",
+                                            arg = format!("`{}' -> `{}'",
                                                           file,
                                                           fs::read_link(file)
                                                               .expect("Invalid symlink")
                                                               .to_string_lossy());
                                         } else {
-                                            arg = format!("'{}'", file);
+                                            arg = format!("`{}'", file);
                                         }
                                         otype = OutputType::Str;
                                     }
@@ -667,28 +667,32 @@ impl Stater {
 
                                     // time of file birth, human-readable; - if unknown
                                     'w' => {
-                                        arg = if let Ok(elapsed) = meta.created()
-                                                                       .map(|t| {
-                                                                           t.elapsed().unwrap()
-                                                                       }) {
-                                            pretty_time(elapsed.as_secs() as i64,
-                                                        elapsed.subsec_nanos() as i64)
-                                        } else {
-                                            "-".to_owned()
-                                        };
+                                        // Unstable. Commented
+                                        //arg = if let Ok(elapsed) = meta.created()
+                                                                       //.map(|t| {
+                                                                           //t.elapsed().unwrap()
+                                                                       //}) {
+                                            //pretty_time(elapsed.as_secs() as i64,
+                                                        //elapsed.subsec_nanos() as i64)
+                                        //} else {
+                                            //"-".to_owned()
+                                        //};
+                                        arg = "-".to_owned();
                                         otype = OutputType::Str;
                                     }
 
                                     // time of file birth, seconds since Epoch; 0 if unknown
                                     'W' => {
-                                        arg = if let Ok(elapsed) = meta.created()
-                                                                       .map(|t| {
-                                                                           t.elapsed().unwrap()
-                                                                       }) {
-                                            format!("{}", elapsed.as_secs())
-                                        } else {
-                                            "0".to_owned()
-                                        };
+                                        // Unstable. Commented
+                                        //arg = if let Ok(elapsed) = meta.created()
+                                                                       //.map(|t| {
+                                                                           //t.elapsed().unwrap()
+                                                                       //}) {
+                                            //format!("{}", elapsed.as_secs())
+                                        //} else {
+                                            //"0".to_owned()
+                                        //};
+                                        arg = "0".to_owned();
                                         otype = OutputType::Integer;
                                     }