diff --git a/tsg_util/aboutDialog.m b/tsg_util/aboutDialog.m
index d0a2e5c9f6a604a1ecf8a3317f8f262affb284e3..6e5c2d7d7229dd9ace1fd30c085c267abe19c250 100644
--- a/tsg_util/aboutDialog.m
+++ b/tsg_util/aboutDialog.m
@@ -65,13 +65,13 @@ hRightPanel = uipanel( ...
   'ButtonDownFcn', @quitAboutCallback);
 
 % display info in botom panel
-msg = sprintf( 'TSGQC Version : %s - GOSUD format: %s', ...
-  tsg.preference.char_version, tsg.FORMAT_VERSION)
+msg = sprintf( 'TSGQC v %s - %s - GOSUD v %s', ...
+  tsg.preference.char_version, tsg.preference.date_version, tsg.FORMAT_VERSION)
 uicontrol('Parent', hBottomPanel, ...
   'Style','text',...
   'FontSize', 14, ...
   'Units','normalized',...
-  'Position',[.1 .1 .9 .5],...
+  'Position',[.1 .1 .75 .5],...
   'FontWeight','bold',...
   'String', msg,...
   'HorizontalAlignment','center');
diff --git a/tsg_util/tsg_preferences.m b/tsg_util/tsg_preferences.m
index a7d77cd20a0ae57f1dd2e7206792693a3d07e353..84c7b9f3b9bee0917af9a9a54e1d12ab01beccc9 100644
--- a/tsg_util/tsg_preferences.m
+++ b/tsg_util/tsg_preferences.m
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ function tsg_preferences(hTsgGUI, app_name, DEFAULT_PATH_FILE)
 
 % global variable VERSION, update revision number when tsg structure change
 % -------------------------------------------------------------------------
-global VERSION CHAR_VERSION
+global VERSION CHAR_VERSION DATE_VERSION
 
 % Initialize loading preference file waitbar
 % ------------------------------------------
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ set(hTsgGUI,'Pointer','arrow');
     % -------------------------------------
     preference.version               = VERSION;
     preference.char_version          = CHAR_VERSION;
+    preference.date_version          = DATE_VERSION;
     preference.autoload              = 'off';
     % Climatology
     preference.levitus_version       = {'WOA01','WOA05'};
diff --git a/tsgqc.m b/tsgqc.m
index 3d16ac087d0b3771f66bab73edf97538c10e926a..ae70e6b2d0ae80f252125de656426c408b4b44e6 100644
--- a/tsgqc.m
+++ b/tsgqc.m
@@ -32,13 +32,15 @@ function tsgqc( varargin )
 % ---------------------------------------
 global VERSION
 global CHAR_VERSION
+global DATE_VERSION
 global GOSUD_FORMAT_VERSION
 
 % version number, may be used to initialize some files when it change
 % 0.90x -> 1.0RCx
 % -------------------------------------------------------------------
-VERSION = 1.410;  % -> 1.41
-CHAR_VERSION = '1.41';
+VERSION      = 1.420;  % -> 1.41
+CHAR_VERSION = '1.42';
+DATE_VERSION = '05 dec 2014';
 
 % netcdf file version, see DATA FORMAT TSG document:
 % CORTSG_format_gosud.doc