carbon between two dates 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 months between dates

$to = \Carbon\Carbon::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:s:i', '2015-5-5 3:30:34');
$from = \Carbon\Carbon::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:s:i', '2016-6-6 9:30:34');
$diff_in_months = $to->diffInMonths($from);
print_r($diff_in_months); // Output: 1

Example 3: carbon subtract two dates

$date = Carbon::parse('2016-09-17 11:00:00');
$now = Carbon::now();

$diff = $date->diffInDays($now);