View source for MS-DOS date/time

{{FormatInfo
|formattype=electronic
|subcat=Elements of File Formats
|released=1981
}}
'''MS-DOS date''' and '''MS-DOS time''' are data formats associated with [[MS-DOS]]. They are used in some file formats from the MS-DOS era. Each is a 16-bit integer.

'''MS-DOS date''' represents a day in the range 1980 to 2099 (or maybe 2107, but dates after 2099 aren't always correctly handled).

'''MS-DOS time''' represents a 2-second interval within some day. The time is usually expected to be in "local time", and there is no indication of the time zone. This makes it fairly useless in the internet age.

== Specifications ==
* [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms724247%28v=vs.85%29.aspx Windows Dev Center: DosDateTimeToFileTime function] - Describes MS-DOS date and time formats

== Related formats ==
Examples of file formats that use MS-DOS date/time:
* [[FAT12]]
* [[ZIP]]
* [[LHA]]
* [[Cabinet]]
* [[CopyQM]]

[[Category:Date and time formats]]
[[Category:Microsoft]]
[[Category:MS-DOS]]