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JavaScript is awesome (jsdate.wtf)

submitted 1 month ago by tfm@europe.pub to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/33754840

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[–] kinttach@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

In the process of being replaced.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Temporal

JavaScript has had the Date object for handling date and time since its first days. However, the Date API is based on the poorly designed java.util.Date class from Java, which was replaced in the early 2010s; but, because of JavaScript's goal of backward compatibility, Date sticks around in the language.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Damn, I thought you meant JavaScript itself was being replaced.

[–] jimi_henrik@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

One can only undefined

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago

Hmm, I can believe that it was based on java.util.Date, but I don't remember that being as unpredictable. I guess, a different API to begin with, would have avoided a lot of problems, though...