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innmind/time
============

Time manipulation

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Time
====

[](#time)

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This library allows you to handle time down to the millisecond. The point was to also be explicit for every component of dates, this is why every php *magic strings* have been converted into objects.

**All objects are immutable.**

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require innmind/time
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Accessing time

[](#accessing-time)

```
use Innmind\Time\{
    Clock,
    Point,
    Format,
};
use Innmind\Immutable\Attempt;

$clock = Clock::live();
$now = $clock->now(); // return an instance of Point
echo $now->toString(); // 2016-10-11T12:17:30.123456+02:00

$epoch = $clock->at(
    '1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000+00:00',
    Format::iso8601(),
); // Attempt
```

Here we reference 2 points in time, the first is the exact moment we call `now` down to the microsecond and the second one is the epoch time.

The method `at()` accepts any string that is allowed by `\DateTimeImmutable`.

### Halt process

[](#halt-process)

```
use Innmind\Time\{
    Halt
    Period,
};

function yourApp(Halt $halt): void
{
    // do something
    $halt(Period::minute(42))->unwrap();
    // do some more
}

yourApp(Halt::new());
```

This example will halt your program for 42 minutes.

#### Logging

[](#logging)

```
use Innmind\Time\Halt;
use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;

$halt = Halt::logger($halt, /** an instance of LoggerInterface */);

## Documentation

Full documentation is available at .
```

###  Health Score

49

—

FairBetter than 94% of packages

Maintenance94

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity24

Limited adoption so far

Community17

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

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 ~116 days

Total

2

Last Release

26d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/851425?v=4)[Baptiste Langlade](/maintainers/Baptouuuu)[@Baptouuuu](https://github.com/Baptouuuu)

---

Top Contributors

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Tags

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