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davidhirtz/yii2-datetime-behavior
=================================

Initiates database date columns as DateTime PHP classes.

v1.1.6(3y ago)02.1k2[1 issues](https://github.com/davidhirtz/yii2-datetime-behavior/issues)1BSD-3-ClausePHP

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Yii2 DateTime Behavior
======================

[](#yii2-datetime-behavior)

Initiates database date columns as DateTime PHP classes.

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

[](#installation)

The preferred way to install this extension is through [composer](http://getcomposer.org/download/).

Either run

```
php composer.phar require --prefer-dist davidhirtz/yii2-datetime-behavior "*"

```

or add

```
"davidhirtz/yii2-datetime-behavior": "*"

```

to the require section of your `composer.json` file.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Once the extension is installed, simply use it in your code by adding it to your ActiveRecord behavior. If you don't set the attributes all "date" and "datetime" columns will be automatically selected.

```
use davidhirtz\yii\datetime\DateTimeBehavior;
public function behaviors()
{
	return [
		[
			'class'=>DateTimeBehavior::class,
			//'attributes'=>['custom_attribute', 'another_attribute'],
		],
	];
}
```

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 57% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

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

Every ~88 days

Total

3

Last Release

1419d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4266eaf8539e1f155d297647f285c2c2ddd1f3d73f279230acb0fdec9da05af1?d=identicon)[davidhirtz](/maintainers/davidhirtz)

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Top Contributors

[![davidhirtz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/973624?v=4)](https://github.com/davidhirtz "davidhirtz (20 commits)")

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Tags

datetimeyii2extension

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