Wanted to do some semantic date validation with #javascript "real quick".

And god damn, the Date class is a complete clusterfuck.

First of all Date is actually a datetime. MDN even gives
`const today = new Date();` as example, but that actually contains the current time, so that's useless if you want to make clean comparisons between dates.

So if you want to do clean comparisons using `<input type='date'>` you'll have to do some dumb shit a la `new Date(input.value + ' 00:00')`…

But what confuses me the most is how the constructor takes months as zero-indexed integer while taking days starting from one – like if you don't do it consistently, I *highly* doubt there's any technical merit behind that bullshit.

getDate/setDate aren't for the actual date, but only for the day component.

setTime doesn't only set the time, it sets the time*stamp* – i.e. the date, too.

You really can't make this shit up… 🤦

excuse me what the fuck 🤣