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leviferreira/melody-datetime
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PHP's DateTime extension

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Since Dec 28Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare

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Melody Datetime
===============

[](#melody-datetime)

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

[](#installation)

The recommended way to install Melody DateTime is [through composer](http://getcomposer.org). Just create a `composer.json` file and run the `php composer.phar install` command to install it:

```
    {
        "require": {
            "project-melody/datetime": "dev-master"
        }
    }
```

Introduction
------------

[](#introduction)

Importing DateTime namespace:

```
use Melody\DateTime\DateTime;
```

Basic Usage
-----------

[](#basic-usage)

### Adding business days to a date

[](#adding-business-days-to-a-date)

```
    // Sets the datetime, will consider the 'now' date
    // for example: 2013-12-01 00:00:00
    $datetime = new DateTime();

    // add two business days to a date
    $datetime->addBusinessDays(2);

    // Output: 2013-12-03 00:00:00
    echo $datetime->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
```

### Adding business days to a date, considering holidays

[](#adding-business-days-to-a-date-considering-holidays)

```
    // Sets the datetime, will consider the 'now' date
    // for example: 2013-12-01 00:00:00
    $datetime = new DateTime();

    // Set a list of holidays that will be considered
    $datetime->setHolidays(array('2013-12-02'));

    // Add two business days to a date, considering holidays as non-business days
    $datetime->addBusinessDaysWithHolidays(2);

    // Output: 2013-12-04 00:00:00
    echo $datetime->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
```

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 36% of packages

Maintenance16

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity21

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity43

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 78.4% 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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3765253?v=4)[Levi Ferreira](/maintainers/leviferreira)[@leviferreira](https://github.com/leviferreira)

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Top Contributors

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