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olajoscs/dateprovider
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A simple DateTimeImmutable provider to replace or simulate the "new DateTimeImmutable"

1.0.0(5y ago)014MITPHPPHP ^7.0|^8.0

Since Feb 25Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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DateProvider
============

[](#dateprovider)

A simple library to replace `new \DateTime` or `new \DateTimImmutable` in your code.

### Why?

[](#why)

Testing is hard when you have hidden dependencies. Getting the current time is one of them, as it is always changing.

### How to use

[](#how-to-use)

Classes should depend on the `DateProvider` interface. There are 2 implementations in the library:

- `CurrentDateProvider`: returns the current date/time, just like `new \DateTimeImmutable`, your DI container should instantiate this one
- `ExactDateProvider`: returns an exact date/time, which can be used to simulate time pass, useful when writing tests.

###  Health Score

25

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LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

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

1899d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

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