title: Portable binary representation of date/time value
body: <p>I am looking for a way to serialize date/time value in a binary file. However, the serialized presentation should be such that I must be able to deserialize it across platforms (Windows, Linux), architecture (64 bit/32 bit), and programming languages (C#, Java, C++). I am wondering if there are any public domain functions that are already available. Any pointer would be appreciated.</p>