PHP Laravel Tip: How to Extract Date, Time, and Day Easily

How to get only Date , Time , Day , DateTime From DateTime Variable in Laravel PHP

In this article we will learn some basics PHP functions to convert our DateTime values into a readable form .

Let's say we have a variable with the following DateTime value

$date = 2020-09-01T15:03:59.000000Z

To use the methods in your controller , use the Carbon class as shown below .

use Carbon\Carbon;

It converts your existing DateTime format to readable Date and Time format .

$date = 2020-09-01T15:03:59.000000Z;
$date->toDateTimeString();
return $date;

//output
2020-09-01 15:03:59

It provides on the Date from your DateTime string .

$date = 2020-09-01T15:03:59.000000Z;
$date->toDateString();
return $date;

//output
2020-09-01

It provides the Time from your DateTime string .

$date = 2020-09-01T15:03:59.000000Z;
$date->toTimeString();
return $date;

//output
15:03:59

It provides date and time as shown below .

$date = 2020-09-01T15:03:59.000000Z;
$date->toDayDateTimeString();
return $date;

//output
Tue, Sep 1, 2020 3:03 PM

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