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
A play date or playdate is an arranged appointment for children to meet and play
Play most commonly refers to:
* Play (activity), an activity done for enjoyment
* Play (theatre), a work of drama
Play may refer also to:
Computers and technolo ...
, 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)
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
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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
''Date Bhet'' is a 2023 Indian Marathi-language romantic drama film directed by Lokesh Gupte, written by Ashwini Shende. It is jointly produced by AVK Entertainment and Zabawa Entertainment, distributed by Filmastra Studios. The film stars Hema ...
'', 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 ...
, Japan
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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)
A double date or group date is a romantic or social activity involving more than one couple.
Double date or double dating may also refer to:
* Double Date (film), ''Double Date'' (film), a 1941 American comedy film
* Double Date (Blossom), "Doubl ...
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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''
*" Mis ...
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