time
v0.3.53 GrowingDate and time library. Fully interoperable with the standard library. Mostly compatible with #![no_std].
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 12d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (76.6K crates depend on it)
- !Heavy dependency tree (25 direct deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
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Deep Insights
48.7M downloads in the last 30 days (1.6M/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.
76.6K crates depend on time — it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.
time has only 1 owner despite 76.6K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern — consider the implications for long-term support.
Despite being 11+ years old, time hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
25 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.
Notable dependents include rustls, tracing-subscriber, humantime, axum, der. When high-quality crates choose time, it's a strong quality signal.
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default =["std"]