Package

mockdate

A JavaScript mock Date object that can be used to change when "now" is.

v3.0.5, 25 Mar 2021MITCommonJSTypes: BundledTesting Date and time

$ npm install mockdate

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 2m; +21% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 0; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 5 years ago; v3.0.5
GitHub stars: 679; 54 forks
Open issues / PRs: 1 / 16
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21

Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

1,951,247 downloads last week, 8,927,620 in the last month. The 12-month change of +21% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 019 in total
Latest version: 3.0.5, 25 Mar 20215 years ago
First published: 17 Mar 2014
Last push to GitHub: 31 Aug 2024754 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 1
Open pull requests: 16
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: 183

Major versions

v3 first release 3.0.0, 20 May 2020
v2 first release 2.0.0, 31 Oct 2016
v1 first release 1.0.0, 24 Jun 2014
v0 first release 0.0.1, 17 Mar 2014

Recent releases

Version	Published
3.0.5	25 Mar 2021
3.0.4	18 Mar 2021
3.0.3	15 Mar 2021
3.0.2	21 May 2020
3.0.1	21 May 2020
3.0.0	20 May 2020
2.0.5	9 Aug 2019
2.0.4	31 Jul 2019
2.0.3	14 Jun 2019
2.0.2	17 Aug 2017
2.0.1	22 Nov 2016
2.0.0	31 Oct 2016
1.0.4	2 Feb 2016
1.0.3	20 Apr 2015

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: Not declared
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 13 kB
Dependencies (0): None

Install

npm install mockdate

CDN

jsDelivr: 121k requests in 30 days

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/mockdate@3.0.5/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/mockdate@3.0.5/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/mockdate@3.0.5

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Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API, jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.