ii.25.2.2-pe-file-header.md

II.25.2.2 PE file header

Immediately after the PE signature is the PE File header consisting of the following:

Offset	Size	Field	Description
0	2	Machine	Always 0x14c.
2	2	Number of Sections	Number of sections; indicates size of the Section Table, which immediately follows the headers.
4	4	Time/Date Stamp	Time and date the file was created in seconds since January 1st 1970 00:00:00 or 0.
8	4	Pointer to Symbol Table	Always 0 (§II.24.1).
12	4	Number of Symbols	Always 0 (§II.24.1).
16	2	Optional Header Size	Size of the optional header, the format is described below.
18	2	Characteristics	Flags indicating attributes of the file, see §II.25.2.2.1.