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Re:Why are 2025/05/28 and 2025-05-28 different days in JavaS... by ryao on Thursday May 29, 2025 @09:34PM (#44131975)
> If the user has traveled to a different timezone, the time is now being converted to a localtime in the past that is different than it actually was when it happened.

I consider this to be a desirable behavior.

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Re:Why are 2025/05/28 and 2025-05-28 different days in JavaS... by isleyaardvark on Friday May 30, 2025 @10:21AM (#44136505)
For most cases I think that would be correct, but I will say if I am looking at my ATM withdrawals for a trip I made to San Francisco, I would like the time shown to be the SF time and not that of my local hometown, and vice versa if I'm in SF.
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