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• JavaScript Temporal is coming

  Published:Jan 28, 2025 |  at 02:17 PM

  A new way to handle dates and times is being added to JavaScript. Let's take a look at Temporal, what problems it solves, the current state, and what you'll find in the new documentation about it on MDN.

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• JS Dates Are About to Be Fixed

  Published:Aug 25, 2024 |  at 02:47 PM

  The article explains how JavaScript's new Temporal API, specifically the Temporal.ZonedDateTime object, resolves longstanding issues with date and time handling. Traditional JavaScript Date objects lose critical context like time zones, leading to inaccuracies. Temporal fixes this by accurately representing dates with time zones, handling Daylight Saving Time, and providing reliable date comparisons and arithmetic. This new API simplifies global time consistency in modern web development.

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