I'm really looking forward to the temporal api being universally available. Moment and Luxon are fairly good but sensible date/time handling is something that really ought to be baked into the platform ootb.

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jpsimons 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I always thought the old Date is kind of elegant... increment anything with an overflow and it all wraps around correctly, like `d.setDate(d.getDate() + 100)` to advance a date 100 days. "March 208th" is interpreted like you'd expect, as are the hours and minutes and such.

Of course, complete lack of non-local non-GMT time zones is a huge downside.

	▲	keeganpoppen 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		i'm pretty sure all that stuff works w/ Temporal... Temporal is extremely well-designed, in my experience. the js date object, on the other hand, has insane pitfalls, and i say this as someone who thinks not understanding JS ASI is a "skill issue", among other happily-un-"ergonomic" worldviews...
	▲	kaoD an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		That's how you get date bugs.

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culi 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Until then, a solid backfill has been available for quite some time