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+[![Latest Stable Version]](https://packagist.org/packages/wikimedia/timestamp) [![License]](https://packagist.org/packages/wikimedia/timestamp)
+
+Convertible Timestamp for PHP
+===========================
+
+This library provides a convenient wrapper around DateTime to
+create, parse, and format timestamps.
+
+Additional documentation about the library can be found on
+[MediaWiki.org](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Timestamp).
+
+
+Usage
+-----
+
+ $ts = new ConvertibleTimestamp( '2012-07-31T19:01:08Z' );
+ $formatted = $ts->getTimestamp( TS_UNIX );
+
+ // Shorthand
+ $formatted = ConvertibleTimestamp::convert(
+ TS_UNIX, '2012-07-31T19:01:08Z'
+ );
+
+
+Running tests
+-------------
+
+ composer install --prefer-dist
+ composer test
+
+
+---
+[Latest Stable Version]: https://poser.pugx.org/wikimedia/timestamp/v/stable.svg
+[License]: https://poser.pugx.org/wikimedia/timestamp/license.svg