Comment by zvqcMMV6Zcr
3 days ago
I am not sure if I like mixing value and formatting in single object. On other hand anything will be an improvement compared to that terrible old API.
3 days ago
I am not sure if I like mixing value and formatting in single object. On other hand anything will be an improvement compared to that terrible old API.
Temporal objects do not store formatting information. Unless you mean e.g. dropping the time, using a different time zone, etc - but those aren't formatting changes, they logically change the semantics of the data. Just like `myInt += 1` is not changing the "formatting" of `myInt`.
Remember: Date and Temporal objects are logically different things. A Date represents an absolute point in time (a timestamp), while a Temporal object represents a human time (calendar date, clock time, time zone). The fact that Dates are used to represent human time for lack of a better structure is the entire problem statement - the hole that all these other APIs like Temporal try to fill in.
I just groked it before and thought "plain" in `Temporal.PlainDateTime` indicates some specific format instead of just being zoneless. It is actually always using ISO8601 fur build in toString conversions, so I don't really have anything to complain about.