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closestdate/closestdate
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Utility class for find the closest date in PHP 5.3+

1.1.0(13y ago)636MITPHP

Since May 1Pushed 11y ago2 watchersCompare

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ClosestDate
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PHP utility class for getting the nearest date among an array of dates.

\##Features##

- Suppor for custom dates (not just "today".
- Support for prevalence on past dates or future dates.

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###  Health Score

30

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LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 94.1% 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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

4757d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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