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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. symfony/clock ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) symfony/clock ============= Decouples applications from the system clock v8.1.0(1w ago)432192.7M↓16.6%320MITPHPPHP >=8.4.1 Since Oct 17Pushed 1mo ago3 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/symfony/clock)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/symfony/clock)[ Docs](https://symfony.com)[ Fund](https://symfony.com/sponsor)[ GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/fabpot)[ RSS](/packages/symfony-clock/feed)WikiDiscussions 8.1 Synced 1w ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (3)Versions (69)Used By (20) Clock Component =============== [](#clock-component) Symfony Clock decouples applications from the system clock. Getting Started --------------- [](#getting-started) ``` composer require symfony/clock ``` ``` use Symfony\Component\Clock\NativeClock; use Symfony\Component\Clock\ClockInterface; class MyClockSensitiveClass { public function __construct( private ClockInterface $clock, ) { // Only if you need to force a timezone: //$this->clock = $clock->withTimeZone('UTC'); } public function doSomething() { $now = $this->clock->now(); // [...] do something with $now, which is a \DateTimeImmutable object $this->clock->sleep(2.5); // Pause execution for 2.5 seconds } } $clock = new NativeClock(); $service = new MyClockSensitiveClass($clock); $service->doSomething(); ``` Resources --------- [](#resources) - [Documentation](https://symfony.com/doc/current/components/clock.html) - [Contributing](https://symfony.com/doc/current/contributing/index.html) - [Report issues](https://github.com/symfony/symfony/issues) and [send Pull Requests](https://github.com/symfony/symfony/pulls)in the [main Symfony repository](https://github.com/symfony/symfony) ### Health Score 75 — ExcellentBetter than 100% of packages Maintenance95 Actively maintained with recent releases Popularity71 Solid adoption and visibility Community41 Growing community involvement Maturity79 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor2 2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits 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. 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