Date-fns is a modern JavaScript date utility library providing a comprehensive suite of functions for manipulating and formatting dates. Version 3.0.2 follows closely on the heels of 3.0.1, offering subtle improvements and refinements. Both versions share the same core functionality and developer experience, making date manipulation predictable and efficient. The library prioritizes immutability and avoids modifying the original date objects, promoting cleaner and more maintainable code. The range of functions includes parsing, formatting, arithmetic operations (adding/subtracting durations), and locale-specific date representations.
While the listed devDependencies remain consistent between the two versions, suggesting no significant shifts in the development environment, there are some differences in the distributed package. Specifically, version 3.0.2 shows changes in the packaged files (fileCount and unpackedSize). Version 3.0.2 had 3242 files for an unpacked size of 4354416 while version 3.0.1 had 4317 files for an unpacked size of 4394160. These changes may relate to optimizing the build process, refactoring internal modules, or even fixing packaging issues. For users, this translates to a potentially smaller download size and faster installation, impacting build times and application performance. To know exactly the cause of these differences, developers would need to dig into the commit logs between the two versions. With date-fns, developers can confidently integrate date-handling logic into their projects, knowing that the library focuses on correctness, speed, and a simple API.
The are not vulnerabilities for the version 3.0.2 of the package date-fns