I don't know when you were trying to do this, but the examples you gave have
a year of '01', which indicates 2001, which (today) is an invalid date as
you cann't set dates in the past. I ran into similar problems when I was
trying to set dates forward to January, but kept forgetting to set '02'.

Jason

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Danny Cox [mailto:dannyc AT pcs.co DOT uk]
> Sent: January 9, 2002 05:01
> To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] Media Management .. bug?
> 
> 
> I have setup a copy of business server and am keen to allow
> the operators to just use the GUI, rather than any command
> line options.  This threw up what appears to be a bug 
> recently, but I'd be v.grateful for feedback.
> 
> Through the (Java based) GUI - 3.4GA Business Server - we've
> tried to alter the expiration date of the volumes.  After a 
> bit of reading, I conclude that this is probably the wrong
> thing to do (though how DO you alter the expiration date of
> an image on a volume?!)
> 
> My question remains though - if I try to alter the expiration
> for a volume and use a date when the day is above '12', then 
> the system confuses it with a month.  Whether I try 12/14/01
> or 14/12/01 it doesn't accept it.  One spits out a dialog window
> indicating I've added it wrongly, the other tells me more 
> specifially that it's an invalid date.  It sounds like either
> a bug of some sort or a mismatch between the product's expectation
> of date and that of the OS.
> 
> Be very grateful for any pointers - I've been searching through
> the Veritas support pages and trying our support channels with
> no success so far.
> 
> regards
> 
> Danny