diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7c826fac5..63d748f9d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -272,7 +272,10 @@ checksum = "ec837a71355b28f6556dbd569b37b3f363091c0bd4b2e735674521b4c5fd9bc5"
 dependencies = [
  "android-tzdata",
  "iana-time-zone",
+ "js-sys",
  "num-traits",
+ "time 0.1.45",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
  "winapi",
 ]
 
@@ -421,7 +424,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "sha1",
  "tempfile",
  "textwrap",
- "time",
+ "time 0.3.20",
  "unindent",
  "uu_arch",
  "uu_base32",
@@ -1079,7 +1082,7 @@ checksum = "c05aeb6a22b8f62540c194aac980f2115af067bfe15a0734d7277a768d396b31"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
- "wasi",
+ "wasi 0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1151,7 +1154,17 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "714764645f21cc70c4c151d7798dd158409641f37ad820bed65224aae403cbed"
 dependencies = [
  "regex",
- "time",
+ "time 0.3.20",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "humantime_to_duration"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e0a674b970a2bbad01671718ca07604ca89258dd5e25d9af835c14ac6e0bc792"
+dependencies = [
+ "chrono",
+ "regex",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1434,7 +1447,7 @@ checksum = "5b9d9a46eff5b4ff64b45a9e316a6d1e0bc719ef429cbec4dc630684212bfdf9"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "log",
- "wasi",
+ "wasi 0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
  "windows-sys 0.45.0",
 ]
 
@@ -2289,6 +2302,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "time"
+version = "0.1.45"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1b797afad3f312d1c66a56d11d0316f916356d11bd158fbc6ca6389ff6bf805a"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "wasi 0.10.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
 version = "0.3.20"
@@ -2528,9 +2552,8 @@ version = "0.0.19"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "clap",
- "humantime_to_duration",
+ "humantime_to_duration 0.3.0",
  "libc",
- "time",
  "uucore",
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
@@ -3224,8 +3247,8 @@ version = "0.0.19"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "filetime",
- "humantime_to_duration",
- "time",
+ "humantime_to_duration 0.2.1",
+ "time 0.3.20",
  "uucore",
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
@@ -3401,7 +3424,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "sm3",
  "tempfile",
  "thiserror",
- "time",
+ "time 0.3.20",
  "uucore_procs",
  "walkdir",
  "wild",
@@ -3446,6 +3469,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-util",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wasi"
+version = "0.10.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1a143597ca7c7793eff794def352d41792a93c481eb1042423ff7ff72ba2c31f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d939d43f7..3df9aa1ac 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ fundu = "0.5.1"
 gcd = "2.3"
 glob = "0.3.1"
 half = "2.2"
-humantime_to_duration = "0.2.1"
+humantime_to_duration = "0.3.0"
 indicatif = "0.17"
 is-terminal = "0.4.7"
 itertools = "0.10.5"
diff --git a/src/uu/date/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/date/Cargo.toml
index 852e8cc9d..1ffcbed66 100644
--- a/src/uu/date/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/date/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ path = "src/date.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 chrono = { workspace=true }
-#/ TODO: check if we can avoid chrono+time
-time = { workspace=true }
 clap = { workspace=true }
 uucore = { workspace=true }
 humantime_to_duration = { workspace=true }
diff --git a/src/uu/date/src/date.rs b/src/uu/date/src/date.rs
index 381619f06..44b54be5e 100644
--- a/src/uu/date/src/date.rs
+++ b/src/uu/date/src/date.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 // spell-checker:ignore (chrono) Datelike Timelike ; (format) DATEFILE MMDDhhmm ; (vars) datetime datetimes humantime
 
 use chrono::format::{Item, StrftimeItems};
-use chrono::{DateTime, Duration as ChronoDuration, FixedOffset, Local, Offset, Utc};
+use chrono::{DateTime, Duration, FixedOffset, Local, Offset, Utc};
 #[cfg(windows)]
 use chrono::{Datelike, Timelike};
 use clap::{crate_version, Arg, ArgAction, Command};
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ use libc::{clock_settime, timespec, CLOCK_REALTIME};
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader};
 use std::path::PathBuf;
-use time::Duration;
 use uucore::display::Quotable;
 #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "redox")))]
 use uucore::error::FromIo;
@@ -226,13 +225,10 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
                 let iter = std::iter::once(date);
                 Box::new(iter)
             }
-            DateSource::Human(ref input) => {
-                // Get the current DateTime<FixedOffset> and convert the input time::Duration to chrono::Duration
-                // for things like "1 year ago"
+            DateSource::Human(relative_time) => {
+                // Get the current DateTime<FixedOffset> for things like "1 year ago"
                 let current_time = DateTime::<FixedOffset>::from(Local::now());
-                let input_chrono = ChronoDuration::seconds(input.as_seconds_f32() as i64)
-                    + ChronoDuration::nanoseconds(input.subsec_nanoseconds() as i64);
-                let iter = std::iter::once(Ok(current_time + input_chrono));
+                let iter = std::iter::once(Ok(current_time + relative_time));
                 Box::new(iter)
             }
             DateSource::File(ref path) => {
diff --git a/src/uu/touch/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/touch/Cargo.toml
index 3aac9abc4..80840525c 100644
--- a/src/uu/touch/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/touch/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ path = "src/touch.rs"
 [dependencies]
 filetime = { workspace=true }
 clap = { workspace=true }
-humantime_to_duration = { workspace=true }
+# TODO: use workspace dependency (0.3) when switching from time to chrono
+humantime_to_duration = "0.2.1"
 time = { workspace=true, features = ["parsing", "formatting", "local-offset", "macros"] }
 uucore = { workspace=true, features=["libc"] }