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sonsofphp/clock
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Provides a standard way of accessing datetime functions

v0.3.10(1y ago)23.2k2MITPHPPHP >=8.2

Since May 6Pushed 9mo agoCompare

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Sons of PHP - Clock Component
=============================

[](#sons-of-php---clock-component)

Lightweight implementation of a clock interface that can be used to abstract datetime and makes it easier to test.

Learn More
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[](#learn-more)

- [Documentation](https://docs.sonsofphp.com/components/clock/)
- [Contributing](https://docs.sonsofphp.com/contributing/)
- [Report Issues](https://github.com/SonsOfPHP/sonsofphp/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3AClock) and [Submit Pull Requests](https://github.com/SonsOfPHP/sonsofphp/pulls?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Apr+label%3AClock) in the [Mother Repository](https://github.com/SonsOfPHP/sonsofphp)
- Get Help & Support using [Discussions](https://github.com/orgs/SonsOfPHP/discussions) or [Discord](https://discord.gg/sdVxNhFqND)

###  Health Score

38

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LowBetter than 85% of packages

Maintenance49

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity22

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 ~39 days

Recently: every ~149 days

Total

24

Last Release

578d ago

PHP version history (4 changes)v0.1.1PHP >=7.4

v0.3.5PHP >=8.0

v0.3.6PHP >=8.1

v0.3.9PHP >=8.2

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/447419?v=4)[Joshua Estes](/maintainers/joshuaestes)[@JoshuaEstes](https://github.com/JoshuaEstes)

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Top Contributors

[![JoshuaEstes](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/447419?v=4)](https://github.com/JoshuaEstes "JoshuaEstes (428 commits)")

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Tags

clockdatedatetimephpphp-clockphp-librarypsr-20sons-of-phpsonsofphptimeclockpsr20psr-20clock-interfacedatetimetimedateiso8601iso-8601

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