This directory contains the fix for APAR IY53552 in EFix Manager format. This fix applies to AIX 5.2 only. Other AIX releases are not affected. Problem Description ------------------- The date command cannot set February 29th of a leap year when specified in "mmddHHMM" format. This problem only affects AIX 5.2. Other releases of AIX are not affected. Example: Executing the following command produces an error. # date 02291111 date: Specified value out of range. The workaround is to also specify the year, as in: # date 0229111104 The fix for this problem will be made available in APAR IY53552. When available, APAR IY53552 can be obtained from IBM eServer pSeries Support at: http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/support/pseries/fixes Installation ------------ - Download IY53552.021604.epkg.Z in binary format. - Use the following command to install the new /usr/bin/date command: emgr -e IY53552.021604.epkg.Z