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Treat calendar dates differently from timestamps

A due date should survive a change of time zone.

Agree on meaning

Decide whether a field represents a calendar day or a moment in time. Document that distinction in the interface and data contract.

Test the round trip

Create, save, reload and export dates in representative time zones. Include boundaries where conversion could move a value to another day.

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