Safari 3 - History does not automatically clear

I have selected in my Safari Preferences for the history to automatically clear after one day. After waiting a week, it has not cleared. I have the same setting on both of my macs (I have an iMac and a PowerBook G4), but Safari has not cleared the history automatically on either of them.
Does anyone know why the history is not automatically clearing? Is anyone else having this issue?

So the issue is only that it will not automatically clear?
Does it clear when you Reset Safari?
(menu bar > Safari > Reset Safari)
Can you test this in a new user.
Create a new test user account.
(Top left Apple > System Preferences > Accounts > unlock bottom right padlock > click '+' > username: test > Create account)
Log out of current account, then login to test
(Apple > Logout > choose Test)
Then test for a while and see if the history automatically clears.
Note: You will have to go through and set up these options again in Safari.
If it doesn't work, you may need to Software Update, or delete Safari and Reinstall...
or just reset your safari every now and then

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