rustWhat type to use for datetime in Rust

The chrono crate is the most popular crate for working with dates and times in Rust. It provides a rich set of types and functions for working with dates, times, and timezones.

Example code

use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};

let now: DateTime<Utc> = Utc::now();
println!("{}", now);

Output example

2020-09-17T17:45:02.945Z

The code above uses the DateTime type from the chrono crate to get the current time in UTC. The DateTime type is a generic type that takes a TimeZone as a parameter. In this case, we used the Utc type, which represents the UTC timezone.

The DateTime type provides a number of methods for working with dates and times, such as date, time, timestamp, format, and more.

Helpful links

• chrono crate
• chrono documentation

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