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philiprehberger/php-human-duration
==================================

Convert seconds into human-readable duration strings

v1.0.2(1mo ago)11[1 PRs](https://github.com/philiprehberger/php-human-duration/pulls)MITPHPPHP ^8.2CI passing

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PHP Human Duration
==================

[](#php-human-duration)

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Convert seconds into human-readable duration strings.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 8.2+

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require philiprehberger/php-human-duration
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Creating Durations

[](#creating-durations)

```
use PhilipRehberger\HumanDuration\Duration;

// From seconds
$duration = Duration::fromSeconds(3665);

// From minutes
$duration = Duration::fromMinutes(90);

// From hours
$duration = Duration::fromHours(2.5);

// From the difference between two dates
$duration = Duration::between(
    new DateTimeImmutable('2026-01-01 08:00:00'),
    new DateTimeImmutable('2026-01-01 09:30:00'),
);
```

### Formatting Durations

[](#formatting-durations)

```
$duration = Duration::fromSeconds(3665);

$duration->toHuman();   // "1h 1m 5s"
$duration->toVerbose(); // "1 hour, 1 minute, 5 seconds"
$duration->toCompact(); // "1:01:05"

// Stringable — casting to string uses toHuman()
echo $duration; // "1h 1m 5s"
```

### Accessing Raw Values

[](#accessing-raw-values)

```
$duration = Duration::fromSeconds(5400);

$duration->totalSeconds(); // 5400
$duration->totalMinutes(); // 90.0
$duration->totalHours();   // 1.5
```

### Negative Durations

[](#negative-durations)

```
$duration = Duration::fromSeconds(-65);

$duration->toHuman();   // "-1m 5s"
$duration->toVerbose(); // "-1 minute, 5 seconds"
$duration->toCompact(); // "-1:05"
```

API
---

[](#api)

MethodReturnDescription`Duration::fromSeconds(int $seconds)``Duration`Create from seconds`Duration::fromMinutes(int|float $minutes)``Duration`Create from minutes`Duration::fromHours(int|float $hours)``Duration`Create from hours`Duration::between(DateTimeInterface $start, DateTimeInterface $end)``Duration`Create from date difference`toHuman()``string`Compact format: `1h 5m 30s``toVerbose()``string`Verbose format: `1 hour, 5 minutes, 30 seconds``toCompact()``string`Clock format: `1:05:30``totalSeconds()``int`Total seconds`totalMinutes()``float`Total minutes`totalHours()``float`Total hoursDevelopment
-----------

[](#development)

```
composer install
vendor/bin/phpunit
vendor/bin/pint --test
vendor/bin/phpstan analyse
```

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT

###  Health Score

39

—

LowBetter than 86% of packages

Maintenance89

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

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

Every ~2 days

Total

3

Last Release

54d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/cfd7d24cbbf32400fa13ce0bbe7a31edd2d66a6d4488eafdb3d64c5337bf0435?d=identicon)[philiprehberger](/maintainers/philiprehberger)

---

Top Contributors

[![philiprehberger](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8218077?v=4)](https://github.com/philiprehberger "philiprehberger (10 commits)")

---

Tags

formattimereadabledurationhuman

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StyleLaravel Pint

Type Coverage Yes

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