[DUG] Reading binary data as date/time from registry

[Phil Scadden]

> I am pretty certain that 30/12/1899 is a unique start point for Delphi -
>
> other systems (Unix and Windows) look to start at 1970 or 1980.
"Unix time" is seconds since 1970, however, I am pretty that windows 
"days and fraction since 1900" as double is windows "standard". It is 
certainly the format in Excel too.
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