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avoran/doctrine-dbal-datetime-default-tz
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A custom Doctine DBAL type to use PHP DateTime objects set to the system's default timezone.

1.0.4(11y ago)07.6k1PHPPHP >=5.3.2

Since Feb 5Pushed 11y ago1 watchersCompare

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doctrine-dbal-datetime-default-tz
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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 system's default timezone.

Install via composer:

```
composer require avoran/doctrine-dbal-datetime-default-tz:~1.0

```

Add the custom type before instantiating your entity manager:

```
use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type;
Type::addType('datetime_default_tz', 'Avoran\Doctrine\DBAL\Types\DateTimeDefaultTzType');
```

###  Health Score

31

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LowBetter than 66% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity23

Limited adoption so far

Community5

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

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###  Release Activity

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Total

5

Last Release

4168d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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