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rymanalu/twitter-time-ago
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Displays the date in a "time ago" format like Twitter.

v1.0.0(9y ago)673MITPHPPHP >=5.4

Since Dec 21Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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Twitter Time Ago
================

[](#twitter-time-ago)

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This package provides a function to parse a datetime to human readable time difference like [Twitter](https://twitter.com/).

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require rymanalu/twitter-time-ago

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use Rymanalu\TwitterTimeAgo\TwitterTimeAgo;

$timeAgo = new TwitterTimeAgo; // or `new TwitterTimeAgo($timezone)`
echo $timeAgo->parse('2016-12-21 12:06:45');
// You can also just pass a date...
echo $timeAgo->parse('2016-12-12');

// Using static method...
echo TwitterTimeAgo::parse('2016-12-21 12:06:45');

// Using global helper...
echo twitter_time_ago($datetime);
```

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

3428d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![rymanalu](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6141573?v=4)](https://github.com/rymanalu "rymanalu (8 commits)")

---

Tags

twittertime ago

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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