Time diff NOT WORKING

I can only hope that such politicians will come to believe that it is more reasonable to do things an hour earlier rather than redefine a "day".

Yes, you have a valid point. When we compare two dates, it does not matter the hours.
When we compare 2024-03-31 and 2024-04-01, we don't think like this:
2024-04-01 00:00 and 2024-03-31 00:00, the difference is 24 hours, that is one day.

However, the current implementation of Time is such that it can handle comparisons for any time period and time zone.

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