DateTime

This package is useful when creating a library or functionality that requires speed over functionality, but still being useful for testing needs.

Don't get me wrong, Carbon is a great package when it comes to modifying DateTime objects, I use it all the time. But it comes with a price. When you need a lot of its powers, you will see the overhead grow. Faster than using vanilla DateTime.

If you don't want your library to be the bottleneck of someone else their code, but still want to be able to test with the ability of changing dates or times, you can use this package.

Installation

Just install with the following command.

composer require henzeb/datetime

Usage

use Henzeb\DateTime\DateTime;
DateTime::now();
DateTime::now(new DateTimeZone(...));
DateTime::new('2022-04-25');

Immutable DateTime

use Henzeb\DateTime\DateTimeImmutable;
DateTimeImmutable::now();
DateTimeImmutable::now(new DateTimeZone(...));
DateTimeImmutable::new('2022-04-25');

Note: there is no convenient methods or functionality other than new and now, It's just vanilla DateTime or DateTimeImmutable with timetravel capabilities.

Unit testing

Just like Carbon, this library has a static setTestNow method. You can pass a string or a DateTime object. When passing null, new DateTime objects will use current date/time again.

use Henzeb\DateTime\DateTime;
DateTime::setTestNow('now'); // freezes time
DateTime::setTestNow('1999-01-01');
DateTime::setTestNow(new DateTime('1999-01-01'));

Testing

composer test

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information what has changed recently.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Security

If you discover any security related issues, please email henzeberkheij@gmail.com instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits

• Henze Berkheij

License

The GNU AGPLv. Please see License File for more information.