Random question… RPI, in my jargon, stands for role-play intensive, and it’s a category of MUD engines… are you working on such a project? Because I’m probably in the commit history, and that’d tickle me.
Sure, though, it might be a good idea to make a more highly flavored meal like cheese crusted or maple glazed. My favorite form of salmon (baked and topped with a piccata like sauce) would probably be pretty underwhelming if the meats not in great shape.
That all said a few months in the freezer probably wouldn’t sap out too much flavor, even if it was just in a zip lock bag.
As a Real Programmer™ I have developed such a deep fear of anything time and date related that I would fully endorse dispatching an API call to the tz_database instead of attempting any fucking part of this.
Kids, it’s fine to meme about silly stuff… but date and time is deadly serious, regardless of how careful you think you’re being you are wrong.
Do you know how many timezones there are in Indiana? No? Look it up and scream in horror.