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programster/date-time-lib
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A library to make it easier to work with dates/times.

0.4.1(2y ago)01.3k↓25%MITPHPPHP >=8.1.0

Since Dec 2Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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Date/Time Library Package
=========================

[](#datetime-library-package)

This is a package for PHP that contains a library for handling dates/times. This makes use of the brick/date-time library underneath.

###  Health Score

28

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LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

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 ~96 days

Recently: every ~133 days

Total

9

Last Release

861d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)0.1.0PHP >=8.0.0

0.4.0PHP >=8.1.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/64a048ca8be761aced9419279975a21ef679b71c70d8263bc2fc413a87ad381c?d=identicon)[programster](/maintainers/programster)

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Top Contributors

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