Posted by Jochem Maas on 03/03/05 15:04

Tom Cannaerts wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm processing a binary file, and in that file there is a 64bit FILETIME
> value. This value represents the number of 100-nanoseconds since 1/1/1601.
>
> I would like to convert it to a somewhat more usable value, since I
> eventually will need to display that value as a human readable date.

the BC maths extension may be what you want (in order to convert the
64bit 'number'** to something you can use with date functions)

http://nl2.php.net/manual/en/ref.bc.php

** your 64bit FILETIME 'number' should be passed to the relevant bc_*() funcs
as a string

>
> Any solution is welcome.
>
>
> Tom
>

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