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joomla/date
===========

Joomla Date Package

2.0(2y ago)224.7k↑12.5%42GPL-2.0-or-laterPHPPHP ^7.2.5|~8.0.0|~8.1.0CI failing

Since Jun 4Pushed 2y ago13 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/joomla-framework/date)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/joomla/date)[ Docs](https://github.com/joomla-framework/date)[ RSS](/packages/joomla-date/feed)WikiDiscussions 2.0-dev Synced 1mo ago

READMEChangelogDependencies (2)Versions (14)Used By (2)

The Date Package [![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/70646f7cf25b2f0d04ca5fa21cc7648370df84b5218cbecaad2627475fecc6c8/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f6a6f6f6d6c612d6672616d65776f726b2f646174652e706e673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/joomla-framework/date) [![Scrutinizer Code Quality](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b14bfc5d369be30ab3a3a7a9443b22043566fc9508d4d244c4bb132dbae11afc/68747470733a2f2f7363727574696e697a65722d63692e636f6d2f672f6a6f6f6d6c612d6672616d65776f726b2f646174652f6261646765732f7175616c6974792d73636f72652e706e673f623d6d6173746572)](https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/joomla-framework/date/?branch=master)
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[](#the-date-package--)

[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/adb71fd812e9b7224a5faed2621ae724429ac150851cff0a5616868370992f75/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6a6f6f6d6c612f646174652f762f737461626c65)](https://packagist.org/packages/joomla/date)[![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b45ecedfd1478c56d874aa30ca600725b96d6f03519bf409d35422d8d64a50ee/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6a6f6f6d6c612f646174652f646f776e6c6f616473)](https://packagist.org/packages/joomla/date)[![Latest Unstable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/03bdc6a98bd63fa41b01d7cdb49328f1038fb7dab5f3250a894431bd89a9ca1e/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6a6f6f6d6c612f646174652f762f756e737461626c65)](https://packagist.org/packages/joomla/date)[![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/c1dc09f4b68466e7e50bf07c41b253b1be7a480d55d0915cd2ff70fbcbae7193/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6a6f6f6d6c612f646174652f6c6963656e7365)](https://packagist.org/packages/joomla/date)

Deprecated
----------

[](#deprecated)

The `joomla/date` package is deprecated with no further updates planned.

Installation via Composer
-------------------------

[](#installation-via-composer)

Add `"joomla/date": "2.0.*@dev"` to the require block in your composer.json and then run `composer install`.

```
{
	"require": {
		"joomla/date": "2.0.*@dev"
	}
}
```

Alternatively, you can simply run the following from the command line:

```
composer require joomla/date "2.0.*@dev"
```

###  Health Score

41

—

FairBetter than 89% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity30

Limited adoption so far

Community25

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity79

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 78.3% 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 ~348 days

Recently: every ~656 days

Total

12

Last Release

897d ago

Major Versions

1.2.0 → 2.0.0-beta2020-06-05

PHP version history (4 changes)1.0PHP >=5.3.10

1.1.2PHP ^5.3.10|~7.0

2.0.0-betaPHP ~7.0

2.0PHP ^7.2.5|~8.0.0|~8.1.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/305a2164440014dcef9ac681c139fe5e8a1ce1d7a8c3b3cfb828497729a4c70e?d=identicon)[wilsonge](/maintainers/wilsonge)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

datetimejoomlajoomla-frameworkphpframeworkdatejoomla

###  Code Quality

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### Embed Badge

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