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Temporal

Provides standard objects and functions for working with dates and times.

Temporal is an open-source libraries and runtimes project on GitHub under a license set out in its repository, with 3.7k stars. It is built with V8. Its last push was 14 days ago.

Stars
3.7k
License
See repository
Activity
Active
Latest release
0.1.0

Code on GitHub Website

Judgement

What it is
List, course or other material
What it does
The specification, documentation and reference polyfill for Temporal, the new built-in JavaScript API for dates, times, time zones and calendars, now at TC39 Stage 4.
Adopt it when
You want to understand or follow the Temporal standard; for production code use the native implementation or a maintained polyfill.
Watch out
The polyfill in this repository is for reference rather than production, and browser support was still rolling out in 2026.
Ready for
Production-ready
Runs as
Library
Built with
JavaScript and HTML
How established
Established: started 9 years ago, latest release 0.1.0.
What the license allows
GitHub could not read the license. Check it in the repository before reusing any code.

Judged on 2026-11-06 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

Built from

V8

Follow it down: Temporal → V8 → LLVM project → runs on a microchip

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape

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