Malcommac SwiftDate by malcommac
Toolkit to parse, validate, manipulate, compare and display dates, time & timezones in Swift.
About Malcommac SwiftDate
From the project's README at github.com/malcommac/SwiftDate. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
Toolkit to parse, validate, manipulate, compare and display dates, time & timezones in Swift. What's This?
SwiftDate is the definitive toolchain to manipulate and display dates and time zones on all Apple platform and even on Linux and Swift Server Side frameworks like Vapor or Kitura. Over 3 million of downloads on CocoaPods.
From simple date manipulation to complex business logic SwiftDate maybe the right choice for your next project. [x] Easy Date Parsing (custom formats, iso8601, rss & many more) [x] Easy Date Formatting even with colloquial formatter and 140+ supported languages [x] Easy math operations with time units (...) [x] Intuitive components extraction ( etc.) [x] Derivated dates generation (...) [x] Over 20+ fine grained date comparison functions (...) [x] Swift 4's Codable Support [x] Random dates generation [x] Fine grained date enumeration functions [x] Time period support [x] Convert TimeIntervals to other units ()
and of course... IT'S TESTED!. As 5.x the project has 90% of code coverage (want help us? write some unit t
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 7.7k | github.com/malcommac/SwiftDate |
| GitHub forks | 777 | github.com/malcommac/SwiftDate |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 11.0 years | since May 2015 |
| Last commit | 2.6 years ago | Sep 19, 2023 |
| Releases shipped | 48 | last: 3.7 years ago |
| Funding links | 1 | declared by maintainers |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
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Ready to self-host Malcommac SwiftDate?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
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