search for: hectonanoseconds

...traditionally stamps file times (create/status change, modify and last read access) with a long integer (32 bits) counting full seconds since midnight A.M. January 1, 1970 in Greenwhich, EU, whereas the NT File System apparently uses a larger data type to count decimicroseconds (or should I say hectonanoseconds) since the same time of night in the said British village on January 1, 1601, when it wants to stamp one of its own set of file times, creation, content alteration, MFT change or last read access. So basically both systems keep track of time in timezone-neutral units, different in scale and off...