carbon days in month code example

Example 1: carbon get today's month

use Carbon\Carbon;

// if today is January 22, 2021
Carbon::now()->format('M'); // "Jan"
Carbon::now()->format('m'); // "01"
Carbon::now()->month; // 1

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