TypeError: util.isDate is not a function

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Issue type
Bug
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Mostly clear
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Tech stack
javascript, node.js

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Start at lib/encode.js:8 and reproduce the failure with Node.js 23.1.0, using the existing stack trace to follow how appleDate is called. Confirm the date-handling behavior and verify that alias creation works on the reported Node version without breaking supported behavior.

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Description

Hi, the error is produced in Node 23 using a package that takes macos-alias as a dependency.

It seems to relate to util.isDate
https://github.com/LinusU/node-alias/blob/fb006c2ad35af646193e8744d7b43ef95c495af6/lib/encode.js#L8

⠏ Making hidden background folder/opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/create-dmg/node_modules/macos-alias/lib/encode.js:8
  if (util.isDate(value) === false) {
           ^

TypeError: util.isDate is not a function
    at appleDate (/opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/create-dmg/node_modules/macos-alias/lib/encode.js:8:12)
    at exports (/opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/create-dmg/node_modules/macos-alias/lib/encode.js:44:23)
    at Object.exports [as create] (/opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/create-dmg/node_modules/macos-alias/lib/create.js:145:10)
    at Helper.write (/opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/create-dmg/node_modules/ds-store/index.js:50:22)
    at Object.fn (/opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/create-dmg/node_modules/appdmg/lib/appdmg.js:391:8)
    at Pipeline._runStep (/opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/create-dmg/node_modules/appdmg/lib/pipeline.js:46:10)
    at Pipeline._run (/opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/create-dmg/node_modules/appdmg/lib/pipeline.js:94:10)
    at next (/opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/create-dmg/node_modules/appdmg/lib/pipeline.js:35:25)
    at /opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/create-dmg/node_modules/async/lib/async.js:52:16
    at done (/opt/homebrew/lib/node_modules/create-dmg/node_modules/async/lib/async.js:246:17)

Node.js v23.1.0

https://github.com/sindresorhus/create-dmg/issues/93

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