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Subject TimezoneLevel Mid–Senior~18 minCommon in Code quality & review interviewsIndustries Software development

Question

Review this JavaScript that books a recurring 9am New York meeting on each given date and stores the UTC instant.

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1const NY_OFFSET = '-05:00'; // New York is UTC-52 3function nineAmUtc(dateStr) {4  // dateStr like '2026-01-15'5  const iso = `${dateStr}T09:00:00${NY_OFFSET}`;6  return new Date(iso).toISOString();7}8 9function scheduleSeries(dates) {10  return dates.map((d) => ({11    date: d,12    startUtc: nineAmUtc(d),13  }));14}

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