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fadoe/date
==========

Library to handle PHP DateTime objects

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Since Sep 17Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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FaDoe\\Date
===========

[](#fadoedate)

This library provides some classes for date handling in PHP.

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

[](#installation)

Use `composer` to install this library:

```
composer.phar require fadoe/date
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Compare

[](#compare)

Compare is a class to compare `\DateTime` classes. You must create a instance with the `\DateTime` to compare against other `\DateTime` classes.

There are several compare methods:

constantcompare strategyCompare::GT\_FROM\_LT\_TOdate from < compare date < date toCompare::GT\_FROM\_LTEQ\_TOdate from < compare date <= date toCompare::GTEQ\_FROM\_LT\_TOdate from <= compare date < date toCompare::GTEQ\_FROM\_LTEQ\_TOdate from <= compare date <= date to### DateRange

[](#daterange)

This class creates `\DateTime` classes between two dates.

### DateTimeProvider

[](#datetimeprovider)

A class to give some `\DateTime` classes. Usefull for classes that need the current date for calculation. With this class you have a provider for dates and you can mock this in unit tests.

###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 80% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity78

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~400 days

Recently: every ~776 days

Total

10

Last Release

1024d ago

Major Versions

0.8.0 → 2.0.02023-07-25

2.0.0 → 3.0.02023-07-29

PHP version history (3 changes)0.8.0PHP >=7.0.0

2.0.0PHP ^8.0

3.0.0PHP ^8.1

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![fadoe](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1300722?v=4)](https://github.com/fadoe "fadoe (29 commits)")

###  Code Quality

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