Some changes happen during the stages of date fruits growing such as:
• Color
• Taste
• Size
At first their color is green, the taste is bitter and slightly astringent. Over time, it's moisture content decreases, and its sugar increase until its finally ripe. Rutab is the stage before dates that have more moisture and less sugar.
In the stage of ripe dates, its texture becomes stronger, and its moisture minimizes. the color of ripe dates is completely brown to black. at this time, dates fructrose and glucose are high, sucrose is low and its texture uniform and sometimes wrinked. From the palms whose fruit is Rutab (fresh yellow dates), we can mention Mazafati dates.
They have a slight difference being dry or fresh such as:
• Their lifespan
• Calories
• Nutrients and vitamins
• Energy
• Fiber

1. Dried date have less moisture than fresh dates, as a result they tend to stay fresh longer, while fresh dates lasts less than 8-10 months. Dried dates can be stored up to 5 years if you put them in a refrigerator. Therefore, they can stay fresh longer.
2. Dried dates have more calories than fresh dates, considering you diet, you can eat fresh dates to balance your diet or if you want to gain weight, you can eat dried dates
3. Both types of dates (fresh and dry) have the same amount of nutrients so there's not much of a difference here.
4. Dates are natural energizer and can help you stay up longer. Both have the same amounts of energy as well.
5. Dates are rich in fiber and prevent constipation. The amount of fiber in dried dates is higher than in fresh dates.

So, which one is better? Fresh dates or dry dates?
Fresh dates are softer than dried dates, less calories. Dried dates have less moisture. From a nutritional point of view, there's not much of a big difference but dried dates have twice as many carbohydrates as fresh dates. They are also a good source of fiber. Dried dates also contain high amounts of calcium and iron, but fresh dates are rich in vitamin C. If you are too thin and want to gain some weight, dry dates can be one of your dietary supplements.
Dried dates are high in sugar in addition to vitamins and minerals. It’s true for all kinds of dates, but dried dates are higher in sugar.