carbon now date format code example
Example 1: carbon now format
use Carbon/Carbon
Carbon::now()->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
Example 2: laravel carbon today date format
$today = Carbon::now()->format('Y-m-d'); //yyyy-mm-dd etc
Example 3: carbon date from format
Carbon::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s', $request->date)->format('d-m-Y')