While 1-1-1980 is the beginning of "DOS" time, what I find more interesting is the time itself, which is "00:00".
Everything doesn't have any issues with dates of 1-1-1980, nor dates before that.
But maybe the 00:00 is throwing it?
(And I'm not sure how to create a file with that time?)
Why do my file creation, access, or modified time disappear if I set it to midnight on January 1, 1980?
How to recognize different types of sentinel timestamps from quite a long way away
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Everything doesn't have any issues with dates of 1-1-1980, nor dates before that.
But maybe the 00:00 is throwing it?
(And I'm not sure how to create a file with that time?)
Why do my file creation, access, or modified time disappear if I set it to midnight on January 1, 1980?
How to recognize different types of sentinel timestamps from quite a long way away
.
Code:
C:\out\>nircmd.exe setfiletime XXX "1-1-1980 0:0:0" "1-1-1980 0:0:0"C:\out\>DIR XXXDirectory of C:\out05/10/1618 01:54 AM 19,248 XXX
Code:
C:\out\>touch -t 198001010000 XXXC:\out\>DIR XXXDirectory of C:\out01/01/1980 12:00 AM 19,248 XXXStatistics: Posted by therube — Wed Feb 05, 2025 3:51 pm