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Alternative solution to getSecondsToday() task is wrong
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Description
The two solutions to getSecondsToday() return different results on a day where the time changes due to daylight savings time, such as d = new Date(2022, 2, 13, 4). The first solution correctly takes into account the time adjustment while the second does not.
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Open the tutorial task containing getSecondsToday() and compare its two solutions. Reproduce the discrepancy with new Date(2022, 2, 13, 4) on a daylight-saving transition day; done means the alternative solution produces the same daylight-saving-aware result as the first.
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- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
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- Stale
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- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 50/100