I remember we had the same problem parsing time formats. Can&#x27;t remember any specifics though (might have been timezone offsets), but I think parsing would be less error prone when there wouldn&#x27;t be that magic date time formatting by example style used.<p>I can totally understand that it is often easier to use, but compatibility with strftime is good for the experienced developer. There is a reason, why sites like [1] and several 3rd party libs [2] exist.<p>[1]: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;fuckinggodateformat.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;fuckinggodateformat.com&#x2F;</a><p>[2]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;search?q=language%3Ago+strftime&amp;ref=searchresults&amp;type=Repositories&amp;utf8=%E2%9C%93" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;search?q=language%3Ago+strftime&amp;ref=searc...</a>