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iescarro/php-util
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📆 Util\\Date
============

[](#-utildate)

A simple and expressive utility class for handling date and time operations in PHP, inspired by the readability of frameworks like Laravel and Rails.

---

🚀 Features
----------

[](#-features)

- Chainable and readable date calculations
- Expressive API (e.g., `Date::now()->days(3)->ago()`)
- Easily extendable
- Built-in constants for consistent formatting
- Supports relative time manipulation (seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years)

---

📦 Installation
--------------

[](#-installation)

You can install the package via Composer:

```
composer require iescarro/php-util
```

Make sure your project supports PSR-4 autoloading.

If you're loading it manually or without a full Composer project, ensure your autoloader includes the Util\\ namespace:

```
"autoload": {
  "psr-4": {
    "Util\\": "src/"
  }
}
```

Then run:

```
composer dump-autoload
```

✅ Usage
-------

[](#-usage)

```
use Util\Date;

// Get the current date and time as a Date object
echo Date::now();
// Output: 2025-07-17 09:00:00

// Create a Date object for a specific date
$date = new Date('2024-01-01');

// Subtract 3 days from the date
echo $date->days_ago(3);
// Output: 2023-12-29 00:00:00

// Add 2 months to the date
echo $date->months_from_now(2);
// Output: 2024-03-01 00:00:00

// 🔁 Chainable and expressive style

// 7 days ago from now
echo Date::now()->days(7)->ago();

// 1 month from now
echo Date::now()->months(1)->from_now();

// 🧰 Useful shortcuts

// Get yesterday's date
echo Date::yesterday();
// Output: 2025-07-16 00:00:00

// Get tomorrow's date
echo Date::tomorrow();
// Output: 2025-07-18 00:00:00
```

🧱 Class Reference
-----------------

[](#-class-reference)

### Constants

[](#constants)

- `Date::DEFAULT_DATETIME_FORMAT` – 'Y-m-d H:i:s'

### Static Methods

[](#static-methods)

- `Date::now($format)` – returns the current datetime

### Chainable Helpers

[](#chainable-helpers)

```
$date->years($n)->from_now();
$date->days($n)->ago();
```

### Relative Methods

[](#relative-methods)

- `days_ago($n)`
- `months_from_now($n)`
- `hours_ago($n)`
- `minutes_from_now($n)`
- ...and more!

📄 License
---------

[](#-license)

MIT © Ian Escarro

See LICENSE for details.

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance64

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity31

Early-stage or recently created project

 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 ~12 days

Recently: every ~1 days

Total

8

Last Release

218d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/334216?v=4)[Ian](/maintainers/iescarro)[@iescarro](https://github.com/iescarro)

---

Top Contributors

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