Thanks for the response. To clarify, it was the active log I was trying to upload and download. I found out the saved tracks lose their time stamps the hard way. Not sure why Garmin did this, but oh well.
One additional piece of info on this... I have done this before using garmin's software and have not had the date change problem. Also, I might add that when I tried this procedure with a Garmin GPS V it lost the time data completely (when using mapsource). The GPS V has an older version of Garmin software though, and less track memory so that may have something to do with it.
I'll look forward to the improvements to topofusion with much anticipation.
Brian