Laravel 5 Carbon format datetime

Question

I have an array that returns the following date time:

$item['created_at'] => "2015-10-28 19:18:44"

How do I change the date to M d Y format in Laravel using Carbon?

Currently it returns with an error

$suborder['payment_date'] = $item['created_at']->format('M d Y');

Answer 1

First parse the created_at field as Carbon object.

$createdAt = Carbon::parse($item['created_at']);

Then you can use

$suborder['payment_date'] = $createdAt->format('M d Y');

Answer 2

It easy for Laravel 5 in your Model add property protected $dates = ['created_at', 'cached_at']. See detail here https://laravel.com/docs/5.2/eloquent-mutators#date-mutators

Ex:

namespace App;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class User extends Model
{
   /**
   * The attributes that should be mutated to dates.
   *
   * @var array
   */
   protected $dates = ['created_at', 'updated_at', 'deleted_at'];
}

You can format date like this $user->created_at->format('M d Y'); or any format that support by PHP.

Answer 3

If you are using eloquent model (by looking at your code, i think you are), you dont need to convert it into array. Just use it as object. Becaus elike Thomas Kim said, by default it is a Carbon instance

So it should be

$suborder['payment_date'] = $item->created_at->format('Y-m-d')

But if it is not then, you need convert it to Carbon object as Milan Maharjan answer

$createdAt = Carbon::parse($item['created_at']);

Answer 4

Laravel 5 timestamps are instances of Carbon class, so you can directly call Carbon's string formatting method on your timestamps. Something like this in your view file.

{{$task->created_at->toFormattedDateString()}}

http://carbon.nesbot.com/docs/#api-formatting

Answer 5

Declare in model:

class ModelName extends Model
{      

 protected $casts = [
    'created_at' => 'datetime:d/m/Y', // Change your format
    'updated_at' => 'datetime:d/m/Y',
];

Answer 6

$suborder['payment_date'] = Carbon::parse($item['created_at'])->format('M d Y');

Answer 7

Try that:

$createdAt = Carbon::parse(date_format($item['created_at'],'d/m/Y H:i:s');
$createdAt= $createdAt->format('M d Y');