Decision Workspace
now-time vs clocksource vs utc-dt
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
46
now-time
experimentalv1.0.3
Get the current UTC or local time with zero boilerplate
61
clocksource
stablev1.0.0
Library for times and durations with fixed-size representations
51
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 | 46 | 61 | 51 |
| Total Downloads | 27 | 19.5M | 64.9K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 2.8M | 4.1K |
| Dependents | 0 | 95 | 4 |
| Releases | 2 | 17 | 8 |
| Last Updated | 3d ago | 66d ago | 529d ago |
| Age | 9d | 9y 9m | 2y 11m |
Health Breakdown
now-time
Maintenance
14
Quality
10
Community
5
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
clocksource
Maintenance
12
Quality
14
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
utc-dt
Maintenance
5
Quality
17
Community
8
Popularity
6
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| now-time | clocksource | utc-dt | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.3 | 1.0.0 | 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 | 22KB | 26KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 50.0% | 5.9% | 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 61/100, 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.