What is the authenticity of the narrations regarding eating a midnight meal, even if it is dates, and that not eating it accelerates aging, and is a person obligated to eat at night?

The hadiths regarding skipping dinner and its effect on aging (from Jabir ibn Abdullah and Anas ibn Malik, may Allah be pleased with them both) are extremely weak and are not authentically attributed to the Prophet, peace be upon him. In fact, some scholars have judged them to be fabricated. If a hadith is not authentic, then a Muslim is not commanded to eat at night, and whether one eats or refrains from eating, it is permissible.