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glennforrest/cli-date-formats
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CLI app to show commonly used date format tokens in your terminal

v1.0.4(4y ago)28[1 issues](https://github.com/glennforrest/cli-date-formats/issues)MITPHPPHP ^8.0

Since Feb 18Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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This CLI application provides date formatting tokens for some of the
most commonly used libraries/packages/languages in your terminal.
```

[![](https://github.com/glennforrest/cli-date-formats/raw/main/assets/date-formats%20example%20output.png)](https://github.com/glennforrest/cli-date-formats/blob/main/assets/date-formats%20example%20output.png)

---

The following languages/packages are currently supported:

- [php](https://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.format.php)
- [dayjs](https://day.js.org/docs/en/display/format)
- [momentjs](https://momentjs.com/docs/#/displaying/)

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

[](#installation)

`composer global require glennforrest/cli-date-formats`

### Command Options

[](#command-options)

```
date-formats

Description:
  Display date formats for a given language or package

Usage:
  date-formats [options] [--] []

Arguments:
  vendor                The language or package to show date formats for

Options:
      --compact         Show only the date formats
  -h, --help            Display help for the given command. When no command is given display help for the date-formats command
  -q, --quiet           Do not output any message
  -V, --version         Display this application version
      --ansi|--no-ansi  Force (or disable --no-ansi) ANSI output
  -n, --no-interaction  Do not ask any interactive question
      --env[=ENV]       The environment the command should run under
  -v|vv|vvv, --verbose  Increase the verbosity of messages: 1 for normal output, 2 for more verbose output and 3 for debug
```

#### Example

[](#example)

```
date-formats php
```

---

Notice anything not working? Feel free to open up an issue [here](https://github.com/glennforrest/cli-date-formats/issues/new)

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance10

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

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 ~0 days

Total

5

Last Release

1543d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8139754d742ec53430a6efdf22c5baa48724e51af4f3fcd960eb0846ccba3a9e?d=identicon)[glennforrest](/maintainers/glennforrest)

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Top Contributors

[![glennforrest](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12944411?v=4)](https://github.com/glennforrest "glennforrest (13 commits)")

---

Tags

cliterminalformatdatesdate formats

###  Code Quality

TestsPest

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