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Chronos

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Chronos
=======

[](#chronos)

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Chronos is a PHP library/package for date and time management.

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

[](#requirements)

- php >= 7.1.0

Packagist Dependencies
----------------------

[](#packagist-dependencies)

- None

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

With composer:

```
{
	"require": {
		"zazalt/chronos": "dev-master"
	}
}
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$Chronos = new Zazalt\Chronos\Chronos();

/**
 * Transform/parse a human date to machine date (Y-m-d)
 * 	eg: 28.09.2013 (d.m.Y) => 2013-09-28
 *
 * @return  string
 */
$Chronos->dateToMachineDate($datetime, $humanFormat);

/**
 * Transform/parse a human date to machine date (Y-m-d H:i:s)
 * 	eg: 28.09.2013 23:41:12 => 2013-09-28 23:41:12
 *
 * @return  string
 */
$Chronos->dateToMachineDateTime($datetime, $humanFormat);

/**
 * Transform/parse a machine date to human date
 * 	eg: 01.09.2013 => 2013-09-01
 *
 */
$Chronos->dateToHuman($datetime, $humanFormat);

/**
 * Return days number between two dates
 *
 * @return  integer
 *
 */
$Chronos->daysBetweenTwoDates($startDate, $endDate);

/**
 * Return months number between two dates
 *
 * @return  integer
 */
$Chronos->monthsBetweenTwoDates($startDate, $endDate);

/**
 * Return years number between two dates
 *
 * @return  integer
 */
$Chronos->yearsBetweenTwoDates($startDate, $endDate);

/**
 * Not implemented/documented, yet!
 */
$Chronos->seconds2HMS($secs);
```

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 26% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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.

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![Zazalt](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/19550851?v=4)](https://github.com/Zazalt "Zazalt (20 commits)")

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Tags

datedatetimephptimetimestamp

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