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simplecomplex/time
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Time extends native DateTime class to fix shortcomings and defects, and provide more, simpler and safer getters and setters

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(PHP) Time
==========

[](#php-time)

composer namespace: simplecomplex/**time**

- [Requirements](#Requirements)
- [License](#MIT-licensed)

### [Time](src/Time.php)

[](#time)

extends native \\DateTime to fix shortcomings and defects, and provide more properties, getters and setters.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- enhanced timezone awareness
- diff which works correctly with non-UTC timezones
- safer formatting and modifying
- is stringable (sic!), to ISO-8601
- JSON serializes to string ISO-8601 with timezone marker
- freezable
- directly accessible time part properties
- more, simpler and safer getters and setters

Related classes
---------------

[](#related-classes)

### [TimeInterval](src/TimeInterval.php)

[](#timeinterval)

has the same properties as native `\DateInterval` plus **signed relatives and totals**, and works with non-UTC timezones.

#### Time::diffTime()

[](#timedifftime)

returns interval with actual differences.

#### Time::diffDstIgnorant()

[](#timediffdstignorant)

returns an interval which ignores daylight saving time shift.
In everyday business you often don't want the difference between a date *outside* daylight saving time (DST)
and a date *inside* DST to be off by the DST offset.
That offset can be particularly nasty if either of the dates is *at* or *close to* midnight,
because then the *days* difference may get 1 off.

### [TimeSpan](src/TimeSpan.php)

[](#timespan)

It's main feature is to check **overlap** vs. another TimeSpan.

### [TimeImmutable](src/TimeImmutable.php)

[](#timeimmutable)

Is an immutable extending Time, not `\DateTimeImmutable`.

### [TimeLocal](src/TimeLocal.php)

[](#timelocal)

Forces instances to be in local (default) timezone.

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

[](#requirements)

- PHP >=7.2 (64-bit)

### Development requirements

[](#development-requirements)

- [PHPUnit](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit) ^8 || ^9
- [Jasny PHPUnit extension](https://github.com/jasny/phpunit-extension) ^0.2

### Suggestions

[](#suggestions)

- [SimpleComplex Inspect](https://github.com/simplecomplex/inspect)

MIT licensed
------------

[](#mit-licensed)

[License and copyright](https://github.com/simplecomplex/php-time/blob/master/LICENSE). [Explained](https://tldrlegal.com/license/mit-license).

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 47% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community10

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 ~113 days

Total

4

Last Release

1844d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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