FileInfo displaying a peculiar date

Question

Why does the following display 12/31/1600 ???

Imports System.IO

Module Module1

Sub Main()
    Dim fi As New FileInfo("DocFiles\phillips_phone_number.txt")
    Console.WriteLine(fi.FullName)
    Console.WriteLine(fi.LastAccessTime.ToShortDateString)
    Console.ReadKey()
End Sub

End Module

Answer 1

December 31st, 1600 was the date the British East India Company was chartered. Do you have any Indian co-workers who like to play practical jokes?

Answer 2

It seems that code is not able to find the file, see the documentation for the GetLastAccessTime function in the SDK http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.file.getlastaccesstime.aspx

It states,

If the file described in the path parameter does not exist, this method returns 12:00 midnight, January 1, 1601 A.D. (C.E.) Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), adjusted to local time.