Dates are well known for nutrition and high vitamin contents of A,B and C also have high mineral contents, and carbohydrates, there is no cholestrol and no fat in dates,
dates have great importance as a staple food as well as dessert. the fruit is generally associated with health foods .

• Demand for the dates is quite high because of its association with the Religious events of various communities within country and outside neighboring countries, for Islamic countries holi month of Ramadan is the peak season of dates consumption,whereas because dates exhibit high nutritional values , its products are used around the year
• Dates have different uses which are follows

• Dates have found their way into sweets,confectionery,chocolates,baking products,preservatives,salads,sauces and breakfast cereals.
• Dates also have bulk industrial uses.
• Date seeds have been soaked in water until soft and then fed to horses,cattle,camels,sheep and goats
• Dried and ground up ,they are now included in chicken feed
• In Pakistan viscous,thick syrup made from the ripe fruits is employed as a coating for leather bags and pipes to prevent leaking.
• Posts and rafters for huts are fashioned of the wood from the trunk of the date palm
• In the form of infusion, decotion,syrup or paste is adminstered as a treatment for sore throat,cols,bronchial.catarrh.it is taken to relieve fever , cystitis,gonorrhea,edema,liver and abdominal troubles
• The seed power is an ingredient in a paste given to relieve
• A Gum that exuded from the wounded trunk is employed in treating diarrhea and genito-urinary ailments
• Dry or soft dates are used directly or with fillings of almonds , walnuts,candied orange and lemon peel.