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'''Date''' or '''dates'''  may refer to:

* Date, the fruit of the [[date palm]] (''Phoenix dactylifera'')
* [[Jujube]], also known as red date or Chinese date, the fruit of ''Ziziphus jujuba''
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== Social activity ==
*[[Dating]], a form of courtship involving social activity, with the aim of assessing a potential partner
**[[Group dating]]
**[[First date]]
**[[Blind date]]
*[[Play date]], an appointment for children to get together for a few hours
*[[Meeting]], when two or more people come together

==Chronology==
*[[Calendar date]], a day on a calendar
*[[Date (metadata)]], a representation term to specify a calendar date
**DATE command, a [[system time]] command for displaying the current date
*[[Chronological dating]], attributing to an object or event a date in the past
**[[Radiometric dating]], dating materials such as rocks in which trace radioactive impurities were incorporated when they were formed 
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== Arts, entertainment and media ==
=== Music ===
*[[Date (band)]], a Swedish dansband
*[[Date (song)|"Date" (song)]], a 2009 song from ''Mr. Houston''
*[[Date Records]], a subsidiary of Columbia Records

===Film and television ===
*[[Date (Miranda)|"Date" (''Miranda'')]], 2009 British sitcom episode
*[[Dates (TV series)|''Dates'' (TV series)]], a British romantic drama series
*[[Dates (Only Fools and Horses)|"Dates" (''Only Fools and Horses'')]], a 1988 episode of the BBC sitcom
*[[The Date (The Amazing World of Gumball)|"The Date" (''The Amazing World of Gumball'')]], an episode of the British-American animated series
*''[[Date Bhet]]'', a 2023 Indian Marathi-language film

== Places ==
*[[Date, Fukushima]], Japan
*[[Date District, Fukushima]], Japan
*[[Date, Hokkaido]], Japan
*[[Date, South Dakota]], United States
*[[Dateland, Arizona]], United States

==Other uses==
*[[Date (surname)]], a family name in Japan and elsewhere, including a list of people with the name
*[[Date clan]], a Japanese samurai kin group
*[[Design Automation and Test in Europe]], a yearly conference on electronic design automation

== See also ==
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*[[Blind date (disambiguation)]]
*[[Dating (disambiguation)]]
*[[Double date (disambiguation)]]
*[[Mystery Date (disambiguation)]]

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