Cross Platform DateTime Awesomeness

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Reports a concrete cross‑platform date/time stack: raw JavaScript Date causes subtle bugs representing calendar dates so js-joda implements java.time on JS and time-literals provide readable literals. cljc.java-time generates a thin, reflection-based wrapper over java.time, cljs.java-time exposes js-joda, and tick adds intervals, scheduling helpers and cljc.java-time‑style ergonomics. The result runs on JVM and JS, fixes real bugs around local‑date semantics, aids single‑process testing, and is production‑used though tick remains alpha.

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1. 0:00Introduction to DateTime challenges
2. 1:27Cross-platform code necessity
3. 6:10Why cross-platform development
4. 9:03Logic vs plumbing in code
5. 14:04Platform API differences
6. 18:33Java time domain overview
7. 22:41Wrappers for Java time
8. 26:36cljc.java.time wrapper
9. 27:39closure.java.time wrapper
10. 28:21Tick library introduction
11. 32:15Tick cross-platform features
12. 34:41Library recap and future
13. 37:12Conclusion and Q&A

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