Temporal: The 9-Year Journey to Fix Time in JavaScript
14 points by joomy
14 points by joomy
…aah this Temporal not that Temporal. Both are blessings though 🙂
We write a lot of JavaScript (and TypeScript) at work and I like to use those tools for one-off scripts and data migration tools since it keeps my headspace in the same language. However, the biggest issue I've found with JS is dealing with dates (second is CSV). Because of this, I have opted for all my one-offs and migration scripts to Python 3 (which I do enjoy writing, don't get me wrong).
Temporal is a very welcome addition to JavaScript and I am excited to see some real date functionality arrive in the language.
Congratulations to the team involved, and I hope it succeeds in adoption.
I really enjoyed the write up, and its a pleasure to see collaboration of people paying attention and caring a lot.