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austinsmorris/doctrine-dbal-datetimeutc
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A custom Doctine DBAL type to use PHP DateTime objects set to the UTC timezone.

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doctrine-dbal-datetimeutc
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A Doctine DBAL [Custom Mapping Type](http://docs.doctrine-project.org/projects/doctrine-orm/en/latest/cookbook/custom-mapping-types.html) allowing the use of PHP DateTime objects automatically set to the UTC timezone.

Databases [suck at timezones](http://derickrethans.nl/storing-date-time-in-database.html). The best way to deal with this is to store the date and time in UTC and seperately store the timezone that should be used for display purposes. By default, PHP will create DateTime objects set the server's timezone. This custom type overrides this to set the timezone to UTC, allowing you to later convert to the proper timezone for display.

Install via composer:

```
composer require austinsmorris/doctrine-dbal-datetimeutc:~1.0

```

Add the custom type before instantiating your entity manager:

```
use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type;
Type::addType('datetimeutc', 'ASM\Doctrine\DBAL\Types\DateTimeUTCType');
```

Enjoy!

###  Health Score

35

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LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity36

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 76.5% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~453 days

Total

2

Last Release

3783d ago

Major Versions

1.0.0 → 2.0.02016-02-24

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.3.2

2.0.0PHP >=5.5

### Community

Maintainers

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