Ravikumar
> while using the operating system, i noticed a bug in the 'cal'
> command. it is like this:
> when you type the command 'cal 02 2000', linux shows the calendar
> for the february month of the year 2000, but with 29 days only. the
> fact is that all the years that are a multiple 400
> (e.g. 1200,1600,2000,2400, etc) should have 30 days in the month of
> february.in fact this is the second problem which computers would be
> facing alongwith the y2k problem. i therefore request you to make
> the necessary adjustments in linux.
Please check your calendar again. I believe you are being overzealous
in finding year 2000 problems. You should find that February in the
year 2000 is a leap year. Non-leap years have 28 days. Leap years
have 29 days. No month of February has 30 days. The cal command is
behaving correctly.
Bob Proulx
