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jizuscreed/time-approximator
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A small library to generate short approximate human friendly time description. Inspired by https://github.com/martinandert/damals

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Time approximator
=================

[](#time-approximator)

A small library to generate short approximate human friendly time description. Inspired by

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require jizuscreed/time-approximator

```

Instantiation
-------------

[](#instantiation)

```
$timeApproximator = new jizuscreed\TimeApproximator\TimeApproximator(new \jizuscreed\TimeApproximator\Languages\Russian());
```

It can
------

[](#it-can)

```
$this->timeApproximator->getDescriptionFor(20); // полминуты
$this->timeApproximator->getDescriptionFor(40); // меньше чем 1 минута
$this->timeApproximator->getDescriptionFor(16*60); // 16 минут
$this->timeApproximator->getDescriptionFor(11*60); // 11 минут
$this->timeApproximator->getDescriptionFor(46*60); // примерно 1 час
$this->timeApproximator->getDescriptionFor(43*60); // 43 минуты
$this->timeApproximator->getDescriptionFor(68*60); // примерно 1 час
$this->timeApproximator->getDescriptionFor(24*60*60*15+23*60*60+15*600; // 16 дней)
```

Create language pack
--------------------

[](#create-language-pack)

Just create class in `jizuscreed\TimeApproximator\Languages` inheriting `jizuscreed\TimeApproximator\Languages\AbstractLanguagePack` and implement abstract methods

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please, send your pull requests, especially with language packs

###  Health Score

19

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LowBetter than 10% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity3

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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

2244d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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