[masfuerte]

The Windows epoch starts on 1601-01-01. I always assumed that was because it slightly simplifies the calculation, as described in the article. But it's not as good as the article's method of counting backwards.

[Lammy]

Relevant Old New Thing: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20090306-00/?p=18...

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10849717/what-is-the-sig...