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juniq/yii2-helper-time
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A useful helper function for time calculations - especially for durations - for Yii Framework 2

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yii2-helper-time
================

[](#yii2-helper-time)

Description
-----------

[](#description)

A useful helper function for time calculations - especially for durations - for Yii Framework 2. You can use the function `Time::formatDuration` to convert seconds into human readable duration strings like: 5 days 8 hours 19 minutes 11 seconds

How to install
--------------

[](#how-to-install)

### Composer

[](#composer)

The easiest way to install this package is to use composer. If you don't have composer get it here:

Now you can run the following commands in your *root project directory*:

```
composer require "juniq/yii2-helper-time" "*"

```

or (depending on your installation type)

```
php composer.phar require "juniq/yii2-helper-time" "*"

```

### Manually download

[](#manually-download)

Download the latest version here:

How to use it
-------------

[](#how-to-use-it)

To convert seconds into human readable duration strings, you can use the following function:

```
Time::formatDuration($time, $length = 'short', $custom_units = false, $separator = ', ')

```

ParameterTypeRequired?Description$timeIntegeryesThe time in seconds you want to format.$lengthStringoptionalThe display lenghts. Use "short" or "long".$custom\_unitsArray/BooleanoptionalTime units to display. Pass "false" to use all time units. Possible values: y, m, w, d, h, i, s.$separatorStringoptionalThe separator sign between time units.Examples
--------

[](#examples)

```
use juniq\helper\Time;

$time_in_seconds = 5781; // 1 hour 36 minutes, 21 seconds

echo Time::formatDuration($time_in_seconds);
// ouput: 1 hour 36 minutes, 21 seconds

echo Time::formatDuration($time_in_seconds, 'long', ['h','i','s'], 'long');
// ouput: 1 hour 36 minutes 21 seconds

echo Time::formatDuration($time_in_seconds, 'short', ['h','i','s'], ',');
// output: 36 minutes, 21 seconds

echo Time::formatDuration($time_in_seconds, 'short',  ['i','s'], ',');
// output: 96 m, 21 s

```

License
-------

[](#license)

Look at 'LICENSE.md' file

About & Copyright
---------------------

[](#about--copyright)

Copyright by JUNIQ GmbH & Co. KG. Author: Richard Jung

###  Health Score

33

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LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity23

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 93.8% 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

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Total

2

Last Release

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### Community

Maintainers

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