From: marcov@stack.nl   
      
   On 2007-03-21, mljdth  wrote:   
   >   
   > I'm trying to extract data from a file generated by an old Turbo   
   > Pascal program. (Not sure which version exactly)..   
   > Using a hex editor, I have determined that the dates are 2 bytes in   
   > length.. Some examples are:   
   >   
   > EA40 = 59968 = 7/1/06   
   > EB40 = 60224 = 7/2/06   
   > 5E41 = 24129 = 10/25/06   
   > 7241 = 29429 = 11/14/06   
   >   
   > I cannot determine how the dates are encoded.. Any suggestions?   
      
   They are written as a word, so your notation is byteswapped. It is probably   
   $40EA,$40EB,$415E,$4172 etc.   
      
   And that looks awfully like simply days after a date (1/1/1960 or maybe the   
   authors birthday).   
      
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