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epiphany/date-factory
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Simple, mockable, factory for creating dates

v1.1(5y ago)05.6kMITPHPPHP ^7.1|^8.0CI failing

Since Apr 13Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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\#Date Factory

A simple, re-usable DateTime factory that can be injected into services and easily mocked.

Usage:

```
$dateTimeFactory = new DateTimeFactory();
$now = $dateTimeFactory->now();
$then = $dateTimeFactory->now("yesterday");	// accepts any input to \DateTime::__construct()

var_dump([$now,$then]);

```

###  Health Score

31

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LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity69

Established project with proven stability

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 ~1053 days

Total

2

Last Release

1900d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0PHP ^7.1

v1.1PHP ^7.1|^8.0

### Community

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