> Most date parsing woes (in my opinion) come from ambiguity: from supporting too many formats or attempting maximum flexibility in parsing. ... There is a maintenance freedom and simplicity in strict parsing requirements ...

Is this the endgame of "be liberal in what you accept, but strict in what you output"? You end up supporting an untold amount of usage patterns, not even chosen by yourself if you use a library like `luxon` to handle the "be liberal" part for you.