Time… a programmer's worst enemy // The Code Report

Keeping track of time is complicated for programmers due to leap seconds, timezones, and the weirdly designed Gregorian calendar. A new bill is going through congress to make daylight savings time permanent - here's what that could mean for developers.

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🔗 Resources

Daylight Savings Bill https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-s...
Try the Temporal API https://tc39.es/proposal-temporal/docs/
Why JS Dates Suck https://maggiepint.com/2017/04/09/fix...

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- How do timezones work?
- What is a 13 month calendar?
- What is the Gregorian calendar?
- Timezones explained for programmers
- How to use JavaScript Temporal API
- What are the most hated features in JavaScript?

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