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The Windows file system is based on the Gregorian calendar, which was instituted in 1582. Because of the constraints of the Gregorian calendar, you may get a “system clock has been set back” error indicating that the clock has been set back from a distant date in the future, for example 2022-Oct-16. ANSI C defines 32-bit time_t, which is interpreted as the number of seconds that have elapsed since 1 January 1970 0:00:00 UTC. The 32-bit time_t represents the time range between 1970 and 2038. 

 LM-X License Manager uses time_t, because this is the only portable representation of time across operating systems. If a file outside the range specified by time_t (for example 1750) is detected by Windows, the Windows API changes the time to the one that fits the range represented by the time_t.

 As a result of this error, you will have files with an inconsistent datetime value.

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