Convert cryptic date/time values into something readable

If you regularly investigate raw databases, executables or other binary files then you might sometimes find "dates" that seem to be random numbers, like 12883423549317375. This probably means the date is encoded, but there are many different formats, and no obvious way to detect which one has been used. DateDecoder is a freeware tool for Windows which provides an easy way to solve the problem. Simply paste one or more values into the "Source date/ times" box, click Decode, and the program tries to decipher them using 13 of the most common formats (Ticks, NSDate, Java, HFS, Filetime, AOL, Chrome,… [Continue Reading]