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gjpbw/date-ago
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Format date. DateAgo for Laravel.

v1.0(7y ago)010MITPHPPHP >=7

Since Mar 18Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare

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Laravel dateAgo
===============

[](#laravel-dateago)

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

[](#installation)

Require this package with composer.

```
composer require gjpbw/date-ago
```

---

**Laravel <5.5**After updating composer, add the service provider to the `providers` array in `config/app.php`

```
Gjpbw\DateAgo\DateAgoServiceProvider::class,
```

**Laravel >=5.5** uses Package Auto-Discovery, so doesn't require you to manually add the ServiceProvider.

---

Publishing
----------

[](#publishing)

```
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Gjpbw\DateAgo\DateAgoServiceProvider"
```

Using
-----

[](#using)

```
dateAgo($date)

```

---

Result
------

[](#result)

[![demo](demo.jpg)](demo.jpg)

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

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

2612d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b51765fb38f4ec8b3f21cf20ac677e930a81ce58e2d28a90f0f0e8c108e54da2?d=identicon)[gjpbw](/maintainers/gjpbw)

---

Top Contributors

[![gjpbw](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2229685?v=4)](https://github.com/gjpbw "gjpbw (1 commits)")

---

Tags

laraveldate-agodateAgo

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