Why didn't the Drifloon at Valley Windworks go away?

Nov. 5, 2020

In Pokemon Diamond, I had hunted for a shiny Drifloon. It was Friday, so I saved in front of the Drifloon and started my hunt. I didn’t get the shiny Drifloon. However, my DS clock was behind by one day, and I had used my brother’s 3DS. That was perfect because it gave me more time to hunt. On Sunday, Saturday on my DS, the Drifloon was still there. I had went around and noticed that when I left the route or entered a building, the Drifloon would go away. Early in the morning, I was still able to hunt. I got my shiny and I never approached a Drifloon since then, but what happened? Was this intended? I know Drifloon is a time based event, so was this a bug or something?

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The game was simply programmed to update the Drifloon when you re-enter Valley Windworks but not when you reset the game. Only the programmers really know whether this was intended or a bug.