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commentar/date-format
=====================

Date formatter to be used in templates to render a DateTime object as a simple formatted string

v0.0.1(12y ago)023MITPHPPHP >=5.4

Since Sep 7Pushed 12y ago1 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/Commentar/DateFormat)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/commentar/date-format)[ Docs](https://github.com/Commentar/DateFormat)[ RSS](/packages/commentar-date-format/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 2d ago

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DateFormat
==========

[](#dateformat)

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Simple date renderer for the [Commentar](https://github.com/Commentar/Commentar) project. This date formatter formats DateTime objects used in comments. Examples of these dates are "date posted" and "post updated" timestamps.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Add the formatter to the project's `composer.json` file:

```
"require": {
    "commentar/date-format": "0.0.*",
}

```

Use it in your templates:

```

```

###  Health Score

22

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LowBetter than 21% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4680d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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