carbon create from datetime code example

Example 1: carbon now format

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

Example 2: carbon date from format

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

Example 3: add seconds to datetime carbon

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

Example 4: 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');