diff --git a/ares/windows_port.c b/ares/windows_port.c
index ac6ffb272..d8c9bda1c 100644
--- a/ares/windows_port.c
+++ b/ares/windows_port.c
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ ares_gettimeofday(struct timeval *tv, struct timezone *tz)
         li.LowPart  = ft.dwLowDateTime;
         li.HighPart = ft.dwHighDateTime;
         t  = li.QuadPart;       /* In 100-nanosecond intervals */
-        //t -= EPOCHFILETIME;     /* Offset to the Epoch time */
+#if 0
+        t -= EPOCHFILETIME;     /* Offset to the Epoch time */
+#endif
         t /= 10;                /* In microseconds */
         tv->tv_sec  = (long)(t / 1000000);
         tv->tv_usec = (long)(t % 1000000);