diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index cffb0d9265a..b9b733e9a06 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3442,9 +3442,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "icu_locale",
  "jiff",
  "jiff-icu",
- "nix",
+ "libc",
  "parse_datetime",
  "regex",
+ "rustix",
  "tempfile",
  "uucore",
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
diff --git a/fuzz/Cargo.lock b/fuzz/Cargo.lock
index 8879c35b585..c4948a40430 100644
--- a/fuzz/Cargo.lock
+++ b/fuzz/Cargo.lock
@@ -1970,9 +1970,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "icu_locale",
  "jiff",
  "jiff-icu",
- "nix",
+ "libc",
  "parse_datetime",
  "regex",
+ "rustix",
  "uucore",
  "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
diff --git a/src/uu/date/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/date/Cargo.toml
index 36604d0c337..840b8602f15 100644
--- a/src/uu/date/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/date/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ regex = { workspace = true }
 uucore = { workspace = true, features = ["parser", "i18n-datetime"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
-nix = { workspace = true, features = ["time"] }
+libc = { workspace = true }
+rustix = { workspace = true, features = ["time"] }
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
 windows-sys = { workspace = true, features = [
diff --git a/src/uu/date/src/date.rs b/src/uu/date/src/date.rs
index d9b48da08f3..89ee23fd31e 100644
--- a/src/uu/date/src/date.rs
+++ b/src/uu/date/src/date.rs
@@ -985,12 +985,12 @@ fn get_clock_resolution() -> Timestamp {
 /// as `CLOCK_REALTIME` is required to be supported.
 /// Failure would indicate a non-conforming or otherwise broken implementation.
 fn get_clock_resolution() -> Timestamp {
-    use nix::time::{ClockId, clock_getres};
+    use rustix::time::{ClockId, clock_getres};
 
-    let timespec = clock_getres(ClockId::CLOCK_REALTIME).unwrap();
+    let timespec = clock_getres(ClockId::Realtime);
 
-    #[allow(clippy::unnecessary_cast)] // Cast required on 32-bit platforms
-    Timestamp::constant(timespec.tv_sec() as _, timespec.tv_nsec() as _)
+    #[allow(clippy::unnecessary_cast, reason = "needed for 32 bit target")]
+    Timestamp::constant(timespec.tv_sec as _, timespec.tv_nsec as _)
 }
 
 #[cfg(all(unix, target_os = "redox"))]
@@ -1047,12 +1047,16 @@ fn set_system_datetime(_date: Zoned) -> UResult<()> {
 /// `<https://linux.die.net/man/3/clock_settime>`
 /// `<https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Time-Types.html>`
 fn set_system_datetime(date: Zoned) -> UResult<()> {
-    use nix::{sys::time::TimeSpec, time::ClockId};
+    use rustix::time::{ClockId, Timespec, clock_settime};
 
     let ts = date.timestamp();
-    let timespec = TimeSpec::new(ts.as_second() as _, ts.subsec_nanosecond() as _);
+    let timespec = Timespec {
+        tv_sec: ts.as_second() as _,
+        tv_nsec: ts.subsec_nanosecond() as _,
+    };
 
-    nix::time::clock_settime(ClockId::CLOCK_REALTIME, timespec)
+    clock_settime(ClockId::Realtime, timespec)
+        .map_err(std::io::Error::from)
         .map_err_context(|| translate!("date-error-cannot-set-date"))
 }
 
diff --git a/src/uu/date/src/locale.rs b/src/uu/date/src/locale.rs
index 8d1c0b0133e..d5a044c734b 100644
--- a/src/uu/date/src/locale.rs
+++ b/src/uu/date/src/locale.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ macro_rules! cfg_langinfo {
 cfg_langinfo! {
     use std::ffi::CStr;
     use std::sync::OnceLock;
-    use nix::libc;
 
     #[cfg(test)]
     use std::sync::Mutex;