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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 20222052-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.
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