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vascowhite/datefactory
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A factory class for DateTime objects.

v1.1.1(9y ago)018GPL-3.0PHP

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\#DateFactory A factory for `\DateTime` objects with checks that the date string supplied matches the format supplied.

\##Installation Install using composer, add the following to composer.json:-

```
"require": {
    "vascowhite/datefactory": "v1.1.x"
}
```

\##Why Because `\DateTime::createFromFormat()` does [stupid things](http://3v4l.org/9qavI) and I needed a way of doing server side validation on user supplied dates.

\##DateFactory There is just one public method:

\####DateFactory::getDate() **Signature:-**

```
DateTime DateFactory::getDate(String $date, String $format, [String $timeZone])
```

**Arguments**`$date` is a string representing a date/time, e.g. '2014-14 14:12:10'. `$format` Format string. Available formats are any available for [`\DateTime::createFromFormat()`](http://php.net/manual/en/datetime.createfromformat.php). `$timeZone` Optional. A valid Time Zone identifier from [this list](http://php.net/manual/en/timezones.php).

**Example**

```
$dateTime = DateFactory::getDate('2014-12-25 12:00:00',  'Y-m-d H:i:s', 'Europe/London');
```

**Return**Returns a `DateTime` object or false on failure.

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###  Health Score

28

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LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity68

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

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**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 ~95 days

Recently: every ~167 days

Total

8

Last Release

3500d ago

### Community

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