Decision Workspace
now-time vs clocksource vs utc-dt
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
now-time
experimentalv1.0.3
Get the current UTC or local time with zero boilerplate
64
clocksource
stablev1.0.1
Library for times and durations with fixed-size representations
50
utc-dt
growingv0.3.1
Simple, fast and small UTC date, timestamp and datetime library for Rust.
Core Metrics
| now-time | clocksource | utc-dt | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 64 | 50 |
| Total Downloads | 34 | 21.0M | 65.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 228.3K | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 97 | 4 |
| Releases | 2 | 18 | 8 |
| Last Updated | 52d ago | 22d ago | 578d ago |
| Age | 1m | 9y 10m | 3y |
Health Breakdown
now-time
Maintenance
11
Quality
11
Community
5
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
clocksource
Maintenance
15
Quality
14
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
utc-dt
Maintenance
4
Quality
17
Community
8
Popularity
6
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| now-time | clocksource | utc-dt | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.3 | 1.0.1 | 0.3.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 6KB | 23KB | 26KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 50.0% | 5.6% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.95.0 | 1.85 | 1.81 |
| Owners | 1 | 3 (team) | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •clocksource leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •⚠ utc-dt has not been updated in over a year.
- •utc-dt is pre-1.0 — API may change.