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Temporal: The 9-Year Journey to Fix Time in JavaScript

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Temporal is a newly standardized JavaScript API that finally fixes the numerous pain points associated with the legacy `Date` object. The `Date` object's issues, including mutability, inconsistent arithmetic, and ambiguous parsing, led devs to rely on large third-party libraries. Its development involved multi-company collaboration, notably using the unique `temporal_rs` shared Rust library for implementation across JavaScript engines.