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fabiang/dateparser
==================

Date parsing library supporting the full format RFC3339

v3.0.0(4mo ago)2814BSD-2-ClausePHPPHP ~8.3.0 || ~8.4.0 || ~8.5.0CI passing

Since Jul 26Pushed 4mo ago1 watchersCompare

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fabiang/dateparser
==================

[](#fabiangdateparser)

Date parsing library supporting the full format RFC3339. The following formats are supported:

```
2017-07-25T18:37:40
2017-07-25T18:37:40.1234567890
2017-07-25T18:37:40.1234567890Z
2017-07-25T18:37:40Z
2017-07-25T18:37:40.1234567890+0200
2017-07-25T18:37:40+0200
2017-07-25T18:37:40.1234567890-0400
2017-07-25T18:37:40-0400
2017-07-25T18:37:40.1234567890+02:00
2017-07-25T18:37:40+02:00
2017-07-25T18:37:40.1234567890-04:00

```

**Note:** PHP only supports 6 digit microseconds. This library cut the last digits off.

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

[](#installation)

Run Composer with:

```
composer require fabiang/dateparser

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Parsing an RFC3339 datetime string:

```
use Fabiang\Dateparser\RFC3339;

$parser = new RFC3339();
$datetime = $parser->parse('2017-07-25T18:37:40+02:00'); // DateTime object
```

Licence
-------

[](#licence)

BSD-2-Clause. See the [LICENSE.md](LICENSE.md).

###  Health Score

51

—

FairBetter than 96% of packages

Maintenance78

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity87

Battle-tested with a long release history

 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 ~340 days

Recently: every ~316 days

Total

10

Last Release

149d ago

Major Versions

0.2.0 → v1.0.02021-09-22

v1.0.0 → v2.0.02022-06-20

v2.2.1 → v3.0.02025-12-10

PHP version history (6 changes)0.1.0PHP ^7.0

v1.0.0PHP ^7.1 || ^8.0

v2.0.0PHP ^7.4 || ~8.0.0 || ~8.1.0

v2.1.0PHP ^7.4 || ~8.0.0 || ~8.1.0 || ~8.2.0 || ~8.3.0

v2.2.0PHP ^7.4 || ~8.0.0 || ~8.1.0 || ~8.2.0 || ~8.3.0 || ~8.4.0

v3.0.0PHP ~8.3.0 || ~8.4.0 || ~8.5.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![fabiang](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/348344?v=4)](https://github.com/fabiang "fabiang (29 commits)")

---

Tags

datedateparserdatetimeparserphprfc3339parserdatetimedaterfc3339dateparser

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPsalm

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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