How to convert server time to local time in Laravel?

Question

I would like to print the time in local time in Laravel. If the user create a post it will display the created time on the server. How can I display it in local time ?

Answer 1

Try this method, I think this is what you want:

$localTime = $object->created_at->timezone($this->auth->user()->timezone);

Here, $this->auth->user()->timezone will return current user's timezone, and timezone() will convert created_at to to user's local time.

If you want to get all visitors timezone (not just logged in users), you can you package for Laravel similar to laravel-geoip. It will generate $visitor['timezone'] for you which you can use like this:

$localTime = $object->created_at->timezone($visitor['timezone']);