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hereldar/date-times
===================

Provides immutable classes for dates, times, time-zones and periods.

0.3.0(2y ago)26MITPHPPHP ^8.1.17|^8.2.4|^8.3.0CI passing

Since Jun 17Pushed 10mo ago1 watchersCompare

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DateTimes
=========

[](#datetimes)

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This library includes several classes representing the main date-time concepts, including dates, times, time-zones and periods.

```
LocalDate::now()->minus(weeks: 1)->atTime(LocalTime::noon())->toIso8601();
```

Highlights
----------

[](#highlights)

- Separation of concepts
- Immutability
- Type safety
- Cohesion

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

[](#installation)

Via Composer:

```
composer require hereldar/date-times
```

Development
-----------

[](#development)

Run the following commands from the project folder:

```
make tests
make static-analysis
make coding-standards
```

To execute:

- A [PHPUnit](https://phpunit.de) test suite.
- [PHPStan](https://phpstan.org/) and [Psalm](https://psalm.dev/) for static code analysis.
- [Easy Coding Standard](https://github.com/easy-coding-standard/easy-coding-standard)to fix coding standards.

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

- [Guide](https://hereldar.github.io/php-date-times/)
- [Reference](https://hereldar.github.io/php-date-times/reference/)

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Samuel Maudo](https://github.com/samuelmaudo)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [LICENSE](LICENSE) for more information.

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 60% of packages

Maintenance40

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 98.1% 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 ~136 days

Total

3

Last Release

789d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)0.1.0PHP ^8.1.17|^8.2.4

0.2.0PHP ^8.1.17|^8.2.4|^8.3.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e69606567e5c99066ebbe99515ffda4c8659aa53d95ec9b7f7b70065c712244e?d=identicon)[hereldar](/maintainers/hereldar)

---

Top Contributors

[![samuelmaudo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/248153?v=4)](https://github.com/samuelmaudo "samuelmaudo (104 commits)")[![hereldar](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/83026166?v=4)](https://github.com/hereldar "hereldar (2 commits)")

---

Tags

datetimetimedatedurationperiodiso8601iso-8601

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan, Psalm

Type Coverage Yes

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