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sunkan/dictus
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Date utility classes

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Sunkan Dictus - Date utility
============================

[](#sunkan-dictus---date-utility)

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This is a small library to help with date formatting and keeping a consistent clock in a project

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Using formatters

[](#using-formatters)

```
use Sunkan\Dictus\DateTimeFormat;
use Sunkan\Dictus\DateTimeFormatter;
use Sunkan\Dictus\LocalizedFormat;
use Sunkan\Dictus\LocalizedStrftimeFormatter;
use Sunkan\Dictus\LocalizedDateTimeFormatter;

LocalizedDateTimeFormatter::addLocaleFormat('sv_SE', new \Sunkan\Dictus\Locales\SvSe());

$jsonDateFormatter = new DateTimeFormatter(DateTimeFormat::JSON);
$localizedStrftimeFormatter = new LocalizedStrftimeFormatter('sv_SE', LocalizedFormat::DATETIME);
$localizedDateTimeFormatter = new LocalizedDateTimeFormatter('sv_SE', 'l d F [kl.] H:i');

$date = new DateTimeImmutable();

echo $jsonDateFormatter->format($date);
echo $localizedStrftimeFormatterFormatter->format($date); // 21.08.2023 16:26
echo $localizedDateTimeFormatter->format($date); // måndag 21 augusti kl. 16:26
```

### Using localized formatters

[](#using-localized-formatters)

We recommend using `LocalizedDateTimeFormatter` that just support translating of the regular [date format syntax](https://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.format.php#refsect1-datetime.format-parameters).

It will translate the following keys:

- `D` short version of day name
- `l` long version of day name
- `M` short version of month name
- `F` long version of month name

It also supports 6 custom keys that helps with common localized formats

Example for icelandic

```
'LT'   => 'H:i',    // 17:32
'LTS'  => 'H:i:s',  // 17:32:12
'L'    => 'd.m.Y',  // 06.12.2023
'LL'   => 'j. F Y', // 6. desember 2023
'LLL'  => 'j. F [kl.] H:i',     // 6. desember kl. 17:32
'LLLL' => 'l j. F Y [kl.] H:i', // miðvikudagur 6. desember 2023 kl. 17:32
```

#### Custom localization

[](#custom-localization)

All you need to do to create your own localization is to create a class that's implements `LocaleFormat`

```
final class CustomLocal implements \Sunkan\Dictus\LocaleFormat
 {
	public function formatChar(string $char, \DateTimeImmutable $dateTime): ?string
	{
		return match ($char) {
			'D' => 'short custom weekday name',
			'l' => 'long custom weekday name',
			'M' => null, // use english month names
			'F' => null, // use english month names
			default => null,
		};
	}

	public function resolveFormat(string $format): ?string
	{
		return match($format) {
			'LT' => 'H:i', // can be any valid date format string
			'LTS' => 'H:i:s', // can be any valid date format string
			'L' => 'd.m.Y', // can be any valid date format string
			'LL' => 'j. F Y', // can be any valid date format string
			'LLL' => 'j. F [kl.] H:i', // can be any valid date format string
			'LLLL' => 'l j. F Y [kl.] H:i', // can be any valid date format string
			default => null,
		};
	}
}
```

### Clock

[](#clock)

The library provides 3 clock implementations

`SystemClock, FrozenClock and ProjectClock`

`SystemClock` is just a wrapper around `new DateTimeImmutable('now')`

`FrozenClock` is a wrapper around a fixed `DateTimeImmutable` object

`ProjectClock` is wrapper around a `ClockInterface` implementation

###  Health Score

51

—

FairBetter than 96% of packages

Maintenance79

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity30

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 71.2% 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 ~81 days

Recently: every ~153 days

Total

22

Last Release

109d ago

Major Versions

0.2.0 → 1.0.02022-05-03

1.6.0 → 2.0.02023-01-03

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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