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Time Zones in JavaScript: The Developer's Guide
JavaScript's built-in Date object handles time zones poorly. Here's how to use the Intl API, Luxon, and the IANA database to handle time zones correctly in production apps.
Should You Store Dates in UTC? Yes — Here's Why and How
Always store timestamps in UTC. Here is what that means in practice for PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite, and JavaScript — and what to do with user-local times.
ISO 8601 explained: the date format every developer should default to
Why 2026-05-21 beats 05/21/2026 in every possible way — and how the ISO 8601 standard solves date-format chaos across software, databases, and international communication.
Unix Timestamps: The Complete Developer Guide
Unix timestamps are the backbone of date storage in programming. Learn what they are, how to use them in any language, and what the Year 2038 problem means for your code.
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