diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/utils.py b/rhodecode/lib/utils.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/utils.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/utils.py
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
 # MA  02110-1301, USA.
+"""
+Created on April 18, 2010
+Utilities for RhodeCode
+@author: marcink
+"""
+
 from UserDict import DictMixin
 from mercurial import ui, config, hg
 from mercurial.error import RepoError
@@ -33,12 +39,6 @@ import datetime
 import logging
 import os
 
-"""
-Created on April 18, 2010
-Utilities for RhodeCode
-@author: marcink
-"""
-
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -110,8 +110,12 @@ def get_repos(path, recursive=False, ini
     """
     from vcs.utils.helpers import get_scm
     from vcs.exceptions import VCSError
-    scm = get_scm(path)
-    if scm:
+
+    try:
+        scm = get_scm(path)
+    except:
+        pass
+    else:
         raise Exception('The given path %s should not be a repository got %s',
                         path, scm)
 
diff --git a/rhodecode/model/hg.py b/rhodecode/model/hg.py
--- a/rhodecode/model/hg.py
+++ b/rhodecode/model/hg.py
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ from sqlalchemy.orm import joinedload
 from vcs.exceptions import RepositoryError, VCSError
 import logging
 import sys
+import time
+
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 try:
@@ -155,7 +157,7 @@ class HgModel(object):
             tmp_d['description'] = repo.description
             tmp_d['description_sort'] = tmp_d['description']
             tmp_d['last_change'] = last_change
-            tmp_d['last_change_sort'] = last_change[1] - last_change[0]
+            tmp_d['last_change_sort'] = time.mktime(last_change.timetuple())
             tmp_d['tip'] = tip.short_id
             tmp_d['tip_sort'] = tip.revision
             tmp_d['rev'] = tip.revision
diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/branches/branches_data.html b/rhodecode/templates/branches/branches_data.html
--- a/rhodecode/templates/branches/branches_data.html
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/branches/branches_data.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
         </tr>
 		%for cnt,branch in enumerate(c.repo_branches.items()):
 		<tr class="parity${cnt%2}">
-			<td>${h.age(branch[1]._ctx.date())}</td>
+			<td>${h.age(branch[1].date)}</td>
 			<td>r${branch[1].revision}:${branch[1].short_id}</td>
 			<td>
 				<span class="logtags">
diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/changeset/raw_changeset.html b/rhodecode/templates/changeset/raw_changeset.html
--- a/rhodecode/templates/changeset/raw_changeset.html
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/changeset/raw_changeset.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# HG changeset patch
+# c.scm_type changeset patch
 # User ${c.changeset.author|n}
-# Date ${"%d %d" % c.changeset._ctx.date()}
+# Date ${"%d %d" % c.changeset.date}
 # Node ID ${c.changeset.raw_id}
 # ${c.parent_tmpl}
 ${c.changeset.message}
diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/files/files_browser.html b/rhodecode/templates/files/files_browser.html
--- a/rhodecode/templates/files/files_browser.html
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/files/files_browser.html
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 		             </tr>
 		         </thead>
 
-          		% if c.files_list.parent:
+          		%if c.files_list.parent:
          		<tr class="parity0">
 	          		<td>		          		
 	          			${h.link_to('..',h.url('files_home',repo_name=c.repo_name,revision=c.cur_rev,f_path=c.files_list.parent.path),class_="browser-dir")}
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 	          		<td></td>
 	          		<td></td>
 	          		<td></td>
-				</tr>	          		
+				</tr>
           		%endif
 		         	
 		    %for cnt,node in enumerate(c.files_list,1):
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 		             </td>
 		             <td>
 		             	%if node.is_file():
-		             		${h.age(node.last_changeset._ctx.date())} - ${node.last_changeset.date}
+		             		${h.age(node.last_changeset.date)} - ${node.last_changeset.date}
 		             	%endif
 		             </td>
 		             <td>
diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/index.html b/rhodecode/templates/index.html
--- a/rhodecode/templates/index.html
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/index.html
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 			        <th class="left">${get_sort(_('Description'))}</th>
 			        <th class="left">${get_sort(_('Last change'))}</th>
 			        <th class="left">${get_sort(_('Tip'))}</th>
-			        <th class="left">${get_sort(_('Contact'))}</th>
+			        <th class="left">${get_sort(_('Owner'))}</th>
 			        <th class="left">${_('RSS')}</th>
 			        <th class="left">${_('Atom')}</th>
 	            </tr>
diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/tags/tags_data.html b/rhodecode/templates/tags/tags_data.html
--- a/rhodecode/templates/tags/tags_data.html
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/tags/tags_data.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     	</tr>
 		%for cnt,tag in enumerate(c.repo_tags.items()):
 		<tr class="parity${cnt%2}">
-			<td>${h.age(tag[1]._ctx.date())}</td>
+			<td>${h.age(tag[1].date)}</td>
 			<td>r${tag[1].revision}:${tag[1].short_id}</td>
 			<td>
 				<span class="logtags">