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ordinary/datetime
=================

Library with DateTimeImmutable extension for easy time operations.

1.2.0(3y ago)111MITPHPPHP ^8.2

Since Feb 26Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

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Ordinary DateTime
=================

[](#ordinary-datetime)

This library provides an extended DateTimeImmutable class that provides additional functionality.

Getting Started
---------------

[](#getting-started)

Install using composer.

```
composer require ordinary/datetime
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$dateTime = new \Ordinary\DateTime\DateTimeImmutable();
var_dump([
    'Start of day' => $dateTime->startOfDay()->format('c'),
    'End of day' => $dateTime->endOfDay()->format('c'),
    'Is leap year' => $dateTime->leapYear(),
    'Is same minute' => $dateTime->isSameMinute(new DateTime()),
    'Is before' => $dateTime->isBefore(new DateTime()),
    'Current hour' => $dateTime->hour(),
    'Day of Week' => $dateTime->dayOfWeekEnum(),
]);
```

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 41% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 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

Every ~1 days

Total

3

Last Release

1222d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/67129137?v=4)[brandonja](/maintainers/brandonja)[@brandonja](https://github.com/brandonja)

---

Top Contributors

[![brandonja991](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/95324323?v=4)](https://github.com/brandonja991 "brandonja991 (21 commits)")

---

Tags

datetimedatedatetimeimmutabledate-timedate-time-immutable

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPsalm

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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