carbon diff in days code example
Example 1: different days in carbon laravel between different dates
$created = new Carbon($survey->created_at);
$now = Carbon::now();
$difference = ($created->diff($now)->days < 1)
? 'today'
: $created->diffForHumans($now);
Example 2: carbon now format
use Carbon/Carbon
Carbon::now()->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
Example 3: carbon format date in laravel
1. First parse the created_at field as Carbon object.
$createdAt = Carbon::parse($item['created_at']);
2.Then you can use
$suborder['payment_date'] = $createdAt->format('M d Y');