# File lib/ole/types/base.rb, line 62
      def self.new year, month, day, hour=0, min=0, sec=0, usec=0
        # DateTime will remove leap and leap-leap seconds
        sec = 59 if sec > 59
        if month <= 2
          month += 12
          year  -= 1
        end
        y   = year + 4800
        m   = month - 3
        jd  = day + (153 * m + 2) / 5 + 365 * y + y / 4 - y / 100 + y / 400 - 32045
        fr  = hour / 24.0 + min / 1440.0 + sec / 86400.0
        new! jd + fr - 0.5, 0, ITALY
      end