A8 38 Hexadecimal (Little Endian) 10101000 00111000 Binary (Little Endian) 38 A8 Hexadecimal (Big Endian) 00111000 10101000 Binary (Big Endian) 11111100 00000000 54321098 76543210 Bit Ruler (Indexed From 0) 0011100 0101 01000 Binary (Regrouped) 1111110 0000 00000 5432109 8765 43210 Bit Ruler (Regrouped) Year Month Day Packed Format 0011100 0101 01000 Binary 1C 05 08 Hexadecimal 28 5 8 Decimal Year = 1980 + 28 = 2008 Month = 5 Day = 8 MS-DOS FAT Date = 2008-05-08