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From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
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Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> writes:
> In comp.lang.c, Bonita Montero  <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I prefer Win32's FILETIME which is a 64 bit integer that
>> counts the number of 100ns-steps since 1.1.1601 00:00.
>
> First thing I think of when I see that is "In what calendar?" Gregorian
> transition started in 1582, happend in Britain and it's colonies in
> 1752, and I think you have to get to 1923 for Europe to finish switching
> from Julian. (Greece was 1923, Turkey was 1926.)

Fortunately, there's an answer: it refers to 1601-01-01 in the Gregorian
calendar.

<https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20090306-00/?p=18913>

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void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */