A full version history of the date-fns package with size, number of distributed files and dependency evolution.
Date-fns, a popular JavaScript library for date manipulation, boasts a rich version history reflecting its evolution and commitment to providing developers with robust and efficient tools. The initial versions, from 0.1.0 to 0.17.0 (October 2014 - September 2015), focused on establishing core date helpers, primarily maintained by Sasha Koss. These early releases utilized tools like Karmak and Webpack, gradually incorporating testing frameworks like Karma and ESLint.
A significant milestone arrived with version 1.0.0 in May 2016, marking a shift towards a modern JavaScript utility library. Subsequent 1.x releases (1.1.0 to 1.30.1, May 2016 - December 2018) introduced new features and refined existing functionalities. The version 1 made small incremental updates in the description and improvements to existing utilities and addition of dev dependencies to improve the overall quality of the package.
The library embraced a modular architecture with the release of version 2.0.0 in August 2019. This major update brought significant performance enhancements and improved tree-shaking capabilities. Subsequent 2.x releases (2.1.0 to 2.30.0, September 2019 - April 2023) focused on expanding the feature set, enhanced typescript usage capabilities.
More recent times saw the upgrade to Version 3.0.0 in Dec of 2023. As of the end of 2024, the package date-fns is currently in its version 4 stage after many updates version 3. These versions are focusing more into the developer experience, improvements to functions and features as requested by the community by focusing on its core javascript implementation.