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The Windows epoch is January 1st, 1601. The rationale is: "The Gregorian calendar operates on a 400-year cycle, and 1601 is the first year of the cycle that wa
by apaprocki 2y ago
The Windows epoch is January 1st, 1601. The rationale is:
"The Gregorian calendar operates on a 400-year cycle, and 1601 is the first year of the cycle that was active at the time Windows NT was being designed. In other words, it was chosen to make the math come out nicely."
- Maken 2y agoStill more logical than January 1st, 1970.
- B1FF_PSUVM 2y agoUnix guys weren't overthinking it on systems running on 16 kB of RAM, or whatever. Just get a damn number, sheesh.