Date or dates may refer to: *

Date (fruit) ''Phoenix dactylifera'', commonly known as date or date palm, is a flowering plant species in the palm family, Arecaceae, cultivated for its edible sweet fruit called dates. The species is widely cultivated across northern Africa, the Middle Ea ...

, the fruit of the date palm (''Phoenix dactylifera'')

Social activity

* Dating, a form of courtship involving social activity, with the aim of assessing a potential partner ** Group dating *

Play date Play date or playdate is an expression, primarily used in the United States, for an arranged appointment for children to meet and play. It should not be confused with dating as there is no implied romantic component. Play dates have become co ...

, an appointment for children to get together for a few hours * Meeting, when two or more people come together

Chronology

* Calendar date, a day on a calendar **

Old Style and New Style dates Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) indicate dating systems before and after a calendar change, respectively. Usually, this is the change from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar as enacted in various European countries between 158 ...

, from before and after the change from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar ** ISO 8601, an international standard covering date formats * Date (metadata), a representation term to specify a calendar date **DATE command, a system time command for displaying the current date * Chronological dating, attributing to an object or event a date in the past **

Radiometric dating Radiometric dating, radioactive dating or radioisotope dating is a technique which is used to date materials such as rocks or carbon, in which trace radioactive impurities were selectively incorporated when they were formed. The method compares ...

, dating materials such as rocks in which trace radioactive impurities were incorporated when they were formed

Arts, entertainment and media

Music

Date (band) Date is a modern dansband from Sweden. The band was established in 1993. Melodifestivalen The band has participated at Melodifestivalen. * 2001: '' Om du förlåter mig'', 6th in the final * 2002: '' Det innersta rummet'', 4th in the semifinal ...

, a Swedish dansband * "Date" (song), a 2009 song from ''Mr. Houston'' *

Date Records Date Records was a sub-label of Columbia Records which had two different incarnations. The first incarnation was a short-lived rockabilly label in 1958 which included a release by Billy "Crash" Craddock. The more significant incarnation was relau ...

, a subsidiary of Columbia Records

Film and television

*"Date", an episode of the British sitcom ''Miranda'' * ''Dates'' (TV series), a British romantic drama series * "Dates" (''Only Fools and Horses''), a 1988 episode of the BBC sitcom

Places

Date, Fukushima is a city in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 59,625 in 22,843 households and a population density of 220 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . Geography Date occupies the eastern half of the Fu ...

, Japan * Date District, Fukushima, Japan *

Date, Hokkaido is a city in Iburi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. Date was established around 1869, and became a city on April 1, 1972. History Remains of settlements from the Jōmon period have been found in the Date area. The Ainu, the native inhabitants of ...

, Japan * Date, South Dakota, United States * Date City, California, United States * Dateland, Arizona, United States

Other uses

* Date (surname), a family name in Japan and elsewhere, including a list of people with the name * Date clan, a Japanese samurai kin group * Design Automation and Test in Europe, a yearly conference on electronic design automation