date
RubyGemsv3.5.1Safe to adopt
Yes — date scores well across adoption, maintenance, weight, supply chain, and licensing. 74.8M downloads per week and 1 known dependents. Last published 274 days ago. 4 releases in the last 2 years.
- AAdoption: grade A, Excellent.
74.8M downloads per week and 1 known dependents.
- BMaintenance: grade B, Good.
Last published 274 days ago. 4 releases in the last 2 years.
- AWeight: grade A, Excellent.
Zero runtime dependencies.
- BSupply chain: grade B, Good.
This package has a single maintainer (bus factor of 1).
- ALicense: grade A, Excellent.
Ruby — permissive, with no copyleft found in the dependency tree.
Grades are computed deterministically from registry metadata collected by PackageGraph — downloads, dependents, publish dates, the resolved dependency tree, maintainer count, and declared licenses. No third-party scores are used.
Install cost
What you actually take on by adding date to a project.
Runtime packages this one declares itself.
Distinct packages in the full runtime tree, deduplicated the way a package manager would.
Unpacked size of this package plus its entire runtime tree.
Longest resolved dependency chain below this package.
Compatibility
- Ruby
- No constraint declared
Used by
Popular packages that depend on date.
Relationship graph
Dependencies (left) and dependents (right) of date.
Frequently installed together
Release history
3 releases in the last two years, typically about 7 days apart.
| Version | Published | Size | License |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5.1latest | 9 months ago | — | Ruby |
| 3.5.0 | 10 months ago | — | Ruby |
| 3.4.1 | 1 year ago | — | Ruby |
| 3.4.0 | 1 year ago | — | Ruby |
| 3.3.4 | 2 years ago | — | Ruby |
| 3.3.3 | 3 years ago | — | Ruby |
| 3.3.2 | 3 years ago | — | Ruby |
| 3.3.1 | 3 years ago | — | Ruby |
| 3.3.0 | 3 years ago | — | Ruby |
| 2.0.3 | 4 years ago | — | BSD-2-Clause |
| 2.0.2 | 4 years ago | — | BSD-2-Clause |
| 3.0.3 | 4 years ago | — | BSD-2-Clause |
| 3.1.3 | 4 years ago | — | Ruby |
| 3.2.2 | 4 years ago | — | Ruby |
| 3.2.1 | 4 years ago | — | Ruby |
Overview
date is an RubyGems package. It is extremely widely used, with about 74.8M downloads per week and 1 known dependents in the graph. The latest version is 3.5.1, released under the Ruby license.
Who should use it
Teams working in the RubyGems ecosystem who need this functionality and value a battle-tested, widely-adopted solution.
When not to use it
Consider an alternative if you need to or if a more actively-maintained option better fits your RubyGems stack.
Pros
- Large, well-established user base (74.8M weekly downloads).
- Clear open-source license (Ruby).
- Zero runtime dependencies — minimal footprint.
Cons
- No significant drawbacks detected from available metadata.
Auto-generated from collected registry metadata. No external claims are inferred.
Maintainers
Frequently asked questions
Should I use date?
Yes — date scores well across adoption, maintenance, weight, supply chain, and licensing. 74.8M downloads per week and 1 known dependents. Last published 274 days ago. 4 releases in the last 2 years.
How do I install date?
Run `gem install date` to add date to your RubyGems project.
What license is date released under?
date is distributed under the Ruby license.
How popular is date?
date has approximately 74,797,222 downloads per week and 1 known dependent packages.
Is date still maintained?
The most recent release of date (v3.5.1) was published 9 months ago.