I did and it still only listed the ending date. After looking further I did
finely see that the details were hidden on that particular item. So I went back
to the last search items and they were all hidden for some reason. My guess is
that I didn't use it enough to see when they stopped listing the start and
finish date together. It is now listed as ending date and time by itself and the
start time and date is listed in a separate box as "Listing and payment
details".

My bad, but I guess I didn't miss anything just as they won't miss me.

Thanks for that, Tom.  I now see what you're talking about.

It still doesn't bother me all that much BUT eBay's explanation is pure
Barbara Streisand (sorry, Dad<g>)

They say, in pertinent part:

"From the beginning, any member of the Community could request the
contact details of any other member and the bidding process was very
transparent. As we've grown, we've limited communication to members
involved in transactions with each other. Additionally in 2003, we
eliminated the public display of email addresses from the site, and
therefore, required thousands of people to set up new User IDs.
Naturally, as we've stepped up education and other efforts to improve
safety, the bad guys continued their efforts to try to exploit our members.

The User IDs of members – plus their member information such as feedback
and previous bidding and/or buying activity – have always been freely
available to anyone visiting the site. Members have been able to access
this information from the item page, bid history page, and Advanced
Search by Bidder feature. Unfortunately – while bid history and contact
information about trading colleagues are helpful when evaluating a
transaction, and provide a level of trust within the transaction – bad
guys can use this information for potentially harmful purposes.

One way they use this information is to send unwanted commercial spam,
spoof emails, and fake Second Chance Offer emails. While legitimate
Second Chance Offer emails are a great tool on eBay that give sellers
the ability to offer another buyer an additional item they may have
available, fake Second Chance Offers and other types of solicitations
sent by bad guys generally lure the targeted member off the eBay website
and collect payment through an unsafe payment method, such as wire
transfer—all while providing the false impression that eBay endorses the
transaction..

As our Community knows, the problem of spam, spoof and fake Second
Chance Offer emails has not gone away. In fact, despite industry leading
efforts to educate the Community about online safety (eBay Toolbar,
tutorials and safety messaging), partnering with law enforcement and
industry groups, and investments in technology that make the site more
safe – we've seen this problem grow. Increasingly, sellers and buyers
have turned to us for a solution."

Nonsense!  All they are trying to do is preclude buyer and seller from
getting together off-site and cutting a deal that doesn't include eBay.
 They want to protect their turf and keep earning their commissions.
Nothing wrong with that.  eBay's a great tool for buyer and seller alike
but why not be honest?  I don't begrudge them a commission on the items
that I sell.  They didn't get to be the "Golly, gee, whiz dot com" they
are by doing charitable acts.

OK. I see what you mean. I stand corrected.