Maybe it's just a South African thing, but we hardly ever use the word date. We just call it going out, or hanging out, or whatever else comes close enough to describing the event.
For me, dating means the act of going out with someone you're interested in (be it romantically or just lustfully). You can date more than on person at a time, but you can't go out with two girls on the same night and claim to be 'dating' both of them. Unless they know that's how you gets down.
