0. I checked that this works in AIX 5.3 TL08 with Korn Shell (I've known that It works on AIX 5.3 or above)
- add this in /etc/profile or ~/.profile
export EXTENDED_HISTORY=ON
2. If you want to see the timestamp, then use this command
[localhost:root] # history -t
2061 2011/01/31 16:10:40 :: fc -t
2062 2011/01/31 16:20:13 :: vi /etc/profile
2063 2011/01/31 16:20:25 :: lr
2064 2011/01/31 16:20:29 :: ls
2065 2011/01/31 16:20:31 :: fc -t
2066 2011/01/31 16:20:33 :: history
2067 2011/01/31 16:20:46 :: history -t
2068 2011/01/31 16:20:55 :: vi .sh_history
2069 2011/01/31 16:21:01 :: lr
2070 2011/01/31 16:21:09 :: history -t 0
2071 2011/01/31 16:21:21 :: exit
2072 2011/01/31 16:21:29 :: history
2073 2011/01/31 16:21:31 :: exit
2074 2011/01/31 16:25:24 :: cat /etc/profile
2075 2011/01/31 16:29:02 :: history -t
[localhost:root] # fc -t
2061 2011/01/31 16:10:40 :: fc -t
2062 2011/01/31 16:20:13 :: vi /etc/profile
2063 2011/01/31 16:20:25 :: lr
2064 2011/01/31 16:20:29 :: ls
2065 2011/01/31 16:20:31 :: fc -t
2066 2011/01/31 16:20:33 :: history
2067 2011/01/31 16:20:46 :: history -t
2068 2011/01/31 16:20:55 :: vi .sh_history
2069 2011/01/31 16:21:01 :: lr
2070 2011/01/31 16:21:09 :: history -t 0
2071 2011/01/31 16:21:21 :: exit
2072 2011/01/31 16:21:29 :: history
2073 2011/01/31 16:21:31 :: exit
2074 2011/01/31 16:25:24 :: cat /etc/profile
2075 2011/01/31 16:29:02 :: history -t