laravel Carbon date code example

Example 1: laravel carbon today date format

$today = Carbon::now()->format('Y-m-d'); //yyyy-mm-dd etc

Example 2: carbon now format

use Carbon/Carbon
Carbon::now()->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');

Example 3: carbon date from format

Carbon::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s', $request->date)->format('d-m-Y')

Example 4: carbon laravel use

<?php
use Carbon\Carbon;

Example 5: add seconds to datetime carbon

Try to parse() it first:
$date = Carbon::parse($dateTime)
            ->addSeconds($seconds)
            ->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');

Example 6: laravel carbon human readable

$comment->created_at->diffForHumans();