Laravel Carbon Get Current Date Time Example

Aug 19, 2021 . Admin

Hi Dev,

In This example, I will explain to you how to get the current date-time in laravel using carbon in laravel so it can easy to use in laravel app.

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Download Laravel

Let us begin the tutorial by installing a new laravel application. if you have already created the project, then skip following step.

composer create-project laravel/laravel example-app

Current Date Time:

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Carbon\Carbon;

class HomeController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * laravel carbon current date-time...
     *
     * @return string
    */
    public function index()
    {
        $todayDate = Carbon::now();
        dd($todayDate);
    }

}

Output :

2021-08-19 04:11:54.795338 UTC (+00:00)

Current Date:

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Carbon\Carbon;

class HomeController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * laravel carbon current date...
     *
     * @return string
    */
    public function index()
    {
        $todayDate = Carbon::now()->format('Y-m-d');
        dd($todayDate);
    }

}

Output :

"2021-08-19"

Current Time:

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Carbon\Carbon;

class HomeController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * laravel carbon current time..
     *
     * @return string
    */
    public function index()
    {
        $todayDate = Carbon::now()->format('H:i:m');
        dd($todayDate);
    }

}

Output :

"04:16:08"

Current Day/Month/Year:

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Carbon\Carbon;

class HomeController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * laravel current day/month/year...
     *
     * @return string
    */
    public function index()
    {
        $day = Carbon::now()->format('d');
        $month = Carbon::now()->format('m');
        $year = Carbon::now()->format('Y');
    }

}

Output :