🐛 getAnimeEpisodes and getAnimeEpisodeById endpoints return different dates in `aired` field

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Current Behavior

It seems like getAnimeEpisodes endpoint returns a date in UTC+0 without shifting actual date and time. 2025-04-25T00:00:00+00:00 and 2025-04-25T00:00:00+09:00 are different timestamps.

See for aired field in examples below.

https://api.jikan.moe/v4/anime/59833/episodes?page=1

{
  "pagination": {
    "last_visible_page": 1,
    "has_next_page": false
  },
  "data": [
    {
      "mal_id": 1,
      "url": null,
      "title": "Red Stream Explosion!",
      "title_japanese": "レッドストリーム・エクスプロージョン！",
      "title_romanji": null,
      "aired": "2025-02-25T00:00:00+00:00",
      "score": 4.61,
      "filler": false,
      "recap": false,
      "forum_url": "https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2211935"
    },
    {
      "mal_id": 2,
      "url": null,
      "title": "Beware of Impostors!",
      "title_japanese": "偽者注意！",
      "title_romanji": "Nisemono chuui! ",
      "aired": "2025-04-25T00:00:00+00:00",
      "score": 4.76,
      "filler": false,
      "recap": false,
      "forum_url": "https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=2211933"
    }
  ]
}

https://api.jikan.moe/v4/anime/59833/episodes/2

{
  "data": {
    "mal_id": 2,
    "url": "https://myanimelist.net/anime/59833/Kono_Subarashii_Sekai_ni_Shukufuku_wo_3__Bonus_Stage/episode/2",
    "title": "Beware of Impostors!",
    "title_japanese": "偽者注意！",
    "title_romanji": "Nisemono chuui!",
    "duration": 0,
    "aired": "2025-04-25T00:00:00+09:00",
    "filler": false,
    "recap": false,
    "synopsis": "One winter day. While Kazuma was stuffing his face with skewers at a food stall in the town of Axel, an adventurer called out to him. The man said he was looking for an adventurer named \"Sato Kazuma.\" On the condition that Kazuma would buy him dinner, Kazuma told him the legend of \"Sato Kazuma,\" and the man and the three female adventurers in his party were so moved that they shed tears...!?"
  }
}

Expected Behavior

Dates should be equal in both endpoints.

Steps To Reproduce

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Environment

Used public API.

Anything else?

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