yafetphilipos/amharic-datepicker-package

A premium, modern Ethiopian (Amharic) calendar datepicker for Laravel 11, 12, and 13. Built with **Alpine.js** and **Vanilla JS**, this package replaces legacy jQuery-based solutions with a sleek, performant, and developer-friendly component. # Amharic Datepicker for Laravel A premium, modern Ethiopian (Amharic) calendar datepicker for Laravel 11, 12, and 13. Built with **Alpine.js** and **Vanilla JavaScript**, this package replaces outdated jQuery-based implementations with a clean, modern, high-performance experience for both developers and end users. It includes: - A fully interactive Ethiopian calendar datepicker UI. - Seamless Livewire integration. - Elegant Ethiopian ↔ Gregorian date conversion utilities. - Powerful Ethiopian date formatting helpers. - Eloquent model integration. - Timezone-aware backend conversion support. - Zero jQuery dependency. --- # What's New in This Version This release introduces a major upgrade to Ethiopian/Gregorian conversion handling and developer ergonomics. ## New Features ### 1. Elegant `EthiopianDate` Object Conversions now return a dedicated `EthiopianDate` object instead of a raw array. This provides: - Rich formatting support. - Array-style access compatibility. - Cleaner Blade rendering. - Safer date handling. Example: ```php $ethDate = $calendar->fromGregorian('2024-05-06'); echo $ethDate->format('F j, Y'); // ሚያዝያ 28, 2016 ``` --- ### 2. Powerful Formatting Support The new formatter supports: | Format | Description | Example | | ------ | -------------------------- | ------- | | `d` | Day with leading zero | `01` | | `j` | Day without leading zero | `1` | | `m` | Month with leading zero | `08` | | `n` | Month without leading zero | `8` | | `F` | Full Amharic month name | `ሚያዝያ` | | `M` | Short Amharic month name | `ሚያዝ` | | `Y` | Ethiopian year | `2016` | Examples: ```php $date->format('d/m/Y'); // 28/08/2016 $date->format('F j, Y'); // ሚያዝያ 28, 2016 $date->format('M j'); // ሚያዝ 28 ``` --- ### 3. Graceful Gregorian Input Handling `fromGregorian()` now accepts multiple input types automatically. Supported inputs: ```php $calendar->fromGregorian('2024- …