Doctrine Clock Bundle

A Symfony bundle that automatically manages createdDatetime and updatedDatetime fields on Doctrine ORM entities using PHP attributes and symfony/clock DatePoint.

Drop #[CreateTimestamp] / #[UpdateTimestamp] on any entity property (or use the provided traits) and the bundle handles the rest -- no interfaces, no manual event wiring.

Requirements

• PHP 8.5+
• Symfony 8.0
• Doctrine ORM 3.6+

Installation

composer require chamber-orchestra/doctrine-clock-bundle

If you are not using Symfony Flex, register the bundles manually:

// config/bundles.php
return [
    ChamberOrchestra\MetadataBundle\ChamberOrchestraMetadataBundle::class => ['all' => true],
    ChamberOrchestra\DoctrineClockBundle\ChamberOrchestraDoctrineClockBundle::class => ['all' => true],
];

Quick Start

Use the provided traits to add timestamp fields to your entities:

use ChamberOrchestra\DoctrineClockBundle\Entity\TimestampTrait;
use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;

#[ORM\Entity]
class Article
{
    use TimestampTrait; // adds createdDatetime + updatedDatetime

    // ... your fields
}

That's it. On persist, both fields are set to the current DatePoint. On update, only updatedDatetime is refreshed. Manually pre-populated values are preserved on insert.

Available Traits

Trait	Fields	Column precision
TimestampTrait	createdDatetime + updatedDatetime	seconds
TimestampCreateTrait	createdDatetime only	seconds
TimestampUpdateTrait	updatedDatetime only	seconds
PrecisedTimestampTrait	createdDatetime + updatedDatetime	microseconds (scale: 6)
PrecisedTimestampCreateTrait	createdDatetime only	microseconds (scale: 6)
PrecisedTimestampUpdateTrait	updatedDatetime only	microseconds (scale: 6)

Using Attributes Directly

If you prefer full control over your entity properties, use the attributes without traits:

use ChamberOrchestra\DoctrineClockBundle\Mapping\Attribute\CreateTimestamp;
use ChamberOrchestra\DoctrineClockBundle\Mapping\Attribute\UpdateTimestamp;
use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
use Symfony\Component\Clock\DatePoint;

#[ORM\Entity]
class Article
{
    #[CreateTimestamp]
    #[ORM\Column(type: 'date_point', nullable: false)]
    private DatePoint $createdAt;

    #[UpdateTimestamp]
    #[ORM\Column(type: 'date_point', nullable: false)]
    private DatePoint $modifiedAt;

    // ... getters, setters
}

Multiple fields with the same attribute are supported -- e.g. two #[CreateTimestamp] properties will both be set on insert.

Behaviour

Event	#[CreateTimestamp]	#[UpdateTimestamp]
prePersist	Set if null	Set if null
preUpdate	Not touched	Always overwritten

Custom DBAL Types (Optional)

The bundle ships DBAL type overrides for improved timestamp precision and decimal handling:

# config/packages/doctrine.yaml
doctrine:
    dbal:
        types:
            datetime: ChamberOrchestra\DoctrineClockBundle\Type\DateTimeType
            datetime_immutable: ChamberOrchestra\DoctrineClockBundle\Type\DateTimeImmutableType
            decimal: ChamberOrchestra\DoctrineClockBundle\Type\DecimalType

Development

composer test        # PHPUnit
composer analyse     # PHPStan (level max)
composer cs-check    # PHP CS Fixer (dry-run)
composer cs-fix      # PHP CS Fixer (apply)

License

MIT -- see LICENSE.