Minimum Windows FileCreate/ModifyDate

Started by StarGeek, June 08, 2020, 02:17:39 PM

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StarGeek

June 08, 2020, 02:17:39 PM
It's been known for a while that the Perl date/time routines have a problem with setting Windows timestamps to dates in and before the 60s.  Back in 2018, I narrowed down the problem to dates before 1968:12:31 23:59:59.

Strangely, that time has been advancing ever since.  Currently, any time before 1971:01:01 00:00:00 becomes inaccurate.

The earliest the date gets corrupted is still 1900:01:01 00:00:00.  1899:12:31 23:59:59 and earlier works fine.
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Phil Harvey

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June 08, 2020, 08:32:12 PM
Crazy.
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