Temporal & Intl for date & time

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
backend

Research direction

The issue discusses possible adoption of Temporal and Intl in d3-time-format but names no files or tests. First read the library’s current parsing and formatting entry points and assess which browser APIs are available at the project’s support baseline. Done would require a decided scope for replacing or retaining existing behavior and tests covering the chosen compatibility and bundle-size goals.

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Description

I didn't see a Wiki for questions and this really isn't an issue so hopefully this is the right spot to ask:

Would d3 consider implementing the date & time manipulation in Temporal once it has reached baseline on browsers? It reached Stage 3 in April and having seen previous proposals reach Stage 4 in 6-12 months, it is worth considering IMO. It is being developed in browsers as experimental right now and judging from the polyfill, it is as robust and ergonomic, if not more so, than 3rd party libraries.

As for formatting, Intl has things like RelativeTimeFormat which could reduce bundle size. Still offering the d3 versions would be nice for those that are actively using them, but switching the implementation under the hood to use browser standards (if not already doing so) could reduce bundle size.

I would be happy to contribute to this if there is interest.

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