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AI-generatedDatePicker time-zone handling gap in Chakra UI v2.2–v2.8
Context Chakra UI’s DatePicker (introduced in v2.2) relies on date-fns and treats all date values as local browser time. The component does not expose a timeZone prop or any built-in conversion helper, so a UTC timestamp such as new Date(Date.UTC(2026, 9, 12, 12, 0, 0)) renders according to the visitor’s local offset rather than the original UTC hour. Constr
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