date_format
A simple API to format dates. Provides various constants to build Date format string. Use `formatDate` method to format date according to format string.
Downloads / day
7,060
Stars
87
Likes
449
Pub points
150
A head-to-head of two Calendar & Date/Time packages on pub.dev, by daily downloads, GitHub activity, and maintenance.
jiffy leads on usage with about 2.0x the daily downloads of date_format (14,274 vs 7,060 per day). jiffy has the larger GitHub following (630 vs 87 stars).
A simple API to format dates. Provides various constants to build Date format string. Use `formatDate` method to format date according to format string.
Jiffy is a Flutter (Android, IOS and Web) date time package for parsing, manipulating, querying and formatting dates and time
| Metric | date_format | jiffy |
|---|---|---|
| Downloads / day | 7,060 | 14,274 |
| Rank in Calendar & Date/Time | #5 | #2 |
| GitHub stars | 87 | 630 |
| Likes | 449 | 1,152 |
| Pub points | 150 / 160 | 150 / 160 |
| Issue response (median) | — | — |
| Contributors | 16 | 24 |
| Last commit | 1 year ago | 4 months ago |
| CI | No | Yes |
| License | BSD-3-Clause | MIT |
| First published | 8 years ago | 7 years ago |
| Platforms | android, ios, windows, linux, macos, web | android, ios, windows, linux, macos, web |
Highlighted cell wins each comparable metric. For rank, issue response, and last commit, lower is better.