Date or dates may refer to:
* Date, the fruit of the
date palm
''Phoenix dactylifera'', commonly known as the date palm, is a flowering-plant species in the palm family Arecaceae, cultivated for its edible sweet #Fruits, fruit called dates. The species is widely cultivated across North Africa, northern A ...
(''Phoenix dactylifera'')
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Jujube
Jujube (UK ; US or ), sometimes jujuba, scientific name ''Ziziphus jujuba'', and also called red date, Chinese date, and Chinese jujube, is a species in the genus '' Ziziphus'' in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae. It is often confused wit ...
, also known as red date or Chinese date, the fruit of ''Ziziphus jujuba''
Social activity
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Dating
Dating is a stage of Romance (love), romantic relationships in which individuals engage in activity together, often with the intention of evaluating each other's suitability as a partner in a future intimate relationship. It falls into the cate ...
, a form of courtship involving social activity, with the aim of assessing a potential partner
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Group dating
Group dating is a modern pattern for dating where a group of single people organize a night out, with the hope of forming romantic partnerships. It is most popular in Japan, where it is known as ''gōkon''. In the U.S., group dating is becoming a s ...
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First date
A first date is the initial meeting during the dating process of two individuals, in which an effort is made to ask about each other, plan a potential relationship, and/or organize some sort of romantic activity. Aims vary between finding a ...
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Blind date
A blind date is a romantic meeting between two people who have never met before.
Both parties arrange a date with little to no information about each other, hoping for the possibility of making a lasting impression. Typically, a family member or ...
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Play date, an appointment for children to get together for a few hours
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Meeting
A meeting is when two or more people come together to discuss one or more topics, often in a formal or business setting, but meetings also occur in a variety of other environments. Meetings can be used as form of group decision-making.
Definiti ...
, when two or more people come together
Chronology
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Calendar date
A calendar date is a reference to a particular day, represented within a calendar system, enabling a specific day to be unambiguously identified. Simple math can be performed between dates; commonly, the number of days between two dates may be ca ...
, a day on a calendar
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Date (metadata), a representation term to specify a calendar date
**DATE command, a
system time
In computer science and computer programming, system time represents a computer system's notion of the passage of time. In this sense, ''time'' also includes the passing of calendar date, days on the calendar.
System time is measured by a ''sys ...
command for displaying the current date
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Chronological dating
Chronological dating, or simply dating, is the process of attributing to an object or event a date in the past, allowing such object or event to be located in a previously established chronology. This usually requires what is commonly known as a "d ...
, attributing to an object or event a date in the past
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Radiometric dating
Radiometric dating, radioactive dating or radioisotope dating is a technique which is used to Chronological dating, date materials such as Rock (geology), rocks or carbon, in which trace radioactive impurity, impurities were selectively incorporat ...
, dating materials such as rocks in which trace radioactive impurities were incorporated when they were formed
Arts, entertainment and media
Music
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Date (band), a Swedish dansband
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"Date" (song), a 2009 song from ''Mr. Houston''
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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 rela ...
, a subsidiary of Columbia Records
Film and television
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"Date" (''Miranda''), 2009 British sitcom episode
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''Dates'' (TV series), a British romantic drama series
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"Dates" (''Only Fools and Horses''), a 1988 episode of the BBC sitcom
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"The Date" (''The Amazing World of Gumball''), an episode of the British-American animated series
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Date Bhet'', a 2023 Indian Marathi-language film
Places
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Date, Fukushima
is a Cities of Japan, 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 easter ...
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Date District, Fukushima
* List of Provinces of Japan > Tōsandō > Iwashiro Province > Date District
* Japan > Tōhoku region > Fukushima Prefecture > Date District
is a Districts of Japan, district located in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2008, the district has ...
, Japan
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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 ...
, Japan
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Date, South Dakota
Date is a ghost town in Perkins County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state, state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of ...
, United States
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Dateland, Arizona
Dateland is a CDP, populated place, and colonia in Yuma County, Arizona, United States. It is in an area well known for date palm dates.
Dateland has the ZIP Code of 85333; in 2000, the population of the 85333 ZCTA was 852.
The community i ...
, United States
Other uses
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Date (surname) is a Japanese surname. It is also a Maharashtrian surname from India with a similar pronunciation. It can refer to:
Japanese people
*Date clan, a lineage of ''daimyōs'' who controlled northern Japan in the late 16th century and into the Edo pe ...
, a family name in Japan and elsewhere, including a list of people with the name
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Date clan
The is a Japanese samurai kin group.Edmond Papinot, Papinot, Jacques Edmond Joseph. (1906). ''Dictionnaire d’histoire et de géographie du Japon''; Papinot, (2003)"Date", ''Nobiliare du Japon'', p. 5 retrieved 2013-5-5.
History
The Date fam ...
, a Japanese samurai kin group
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Design Automation and Test in Europe
Design, Automation & Test in Europe, or DATE is a yearly conference on the topic of electronic design automation, typically held in March or April, alternating between France and Germany. DATE is a combination of a technical conference and a smal ...
, a yearly conference on electronic design automation
See also
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Blind date (disambiguation)
A blind date is a romantic meeting between two people who have never met before.
Both parties arrange a date with little to no information about each other, hoping for the possibility of making a lasting impression. Typically, a family member or ...
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Dating (disambiguation)
Dating is an activity by two humans who are exploring or are in a romantic relationship.
The term may also refer to:
* Courtship, period in a couple's relationship which precedes engagement and marriage
* Timestamp, information identifying the ...
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Double date (disambiguation)
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Mystery Date (disambiguation) '' Mystery Date'' is a 1991 American teen comedy film.
Mystery Date may also refer to:
* ''Mystery Date'' (game), a board game from the Milton Bradley Company
* "Mystery Date" (''Mad Men''), an episode of the American AMC series ''Mad Men''
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