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WHY ARE 2025/05/28 AND 2025-05-28 DIFFERENT DAYS IN JAVASCRIPT?

2025-06-02brandondong.github.io5 min read

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JavaScript interprets dates with the `/` separator as local time and dates with the `-` separator as UTC, leading to different date calculations due to browser parsing inconsistencies and historical standards.

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