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> The only one I've ever used that I remember not actively hating was MomentJS.

Boy do we disagree. Between the mutable API, the fuzzy parsing, the lack of tz support and the yet-another-reinvention of date/time formatting DSL[0] moment was one of those things I'd rather have not had in my life.

[0] which, to add insult to injury, is really similar to but not quite compatible with the LDML's

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I've used timezones with momentjs. http://momentjs.com/timezone/ Its great. The parsing also has a strict mode http://momentjs.com/docs/#/parsing/string-format/

When did you last use it? I love working with momentjs.

> I've used timezones with momentjs. http://momentjs.com/timezone/ Its great. The parsing also has a strict mode http://momentjs.com/docs/#/parsing/string-format/

Yes, relatively recent options or completely separate projects allow doing these things. Do you know what happens to options when the default behaviour looks like it works? They don't get used, and the original garbage remains.

> I love working with momentjs.

And as I wrote earlier, boy do we disagree.

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