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hmlb/date
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Immutable Date library with a rich API for PHP projects.

1.0(10y ago)1428MITPHPPHP >=5.5.0

Since Nov 28Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare

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Date
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[](#date)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/06dc10c73635b88f25485899517d5108676fa2e8f2bf4352c010801d48c535c5/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f686d6c622f646174652e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/hmlb/date)[![Scrutinizer Code Quality](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/041f11d90832372f9cd77c718ff7b2b2b134365fc02fd78a554807e3a7d6557f/68747470733a2f2f7363727574696e697a65722d63692e636f6d2f672f686d6c622f646174652f6261646765732f7175616c6974792d73636f72652e706e673f623d6d6173746572)](https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/hmlb/date/?branch=master)

Immutable Date object that extends php's DateTime API.

This is based on the awesome [nesbot/carbon](https://github.com/briannesbitt/Carbon) project. The use of immutables objects needed the rewrite of the classes.

License
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[](#license)

hmlb/date is available under the MIT License.

###  Health Score

28

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LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3822d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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