Hi Friends,

Today,In this Example i will explain how to subtract months in date in laravel using carbon in laravel so it can easy to use in laravel app.

So,if you needed to Sub month or more months you can use carbon in laravel. carbon provide inbuilt function subMonth()

Here, I will give you full example for how to sub months in laravel using carbon in laravel. so follow my example code and you can use your laravel application copy that code.

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

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

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

class HomeController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * laravel carbon sub month to date..
     *
     * @return string
    */
    public function index()
    {
        $currentDateTime = Carbon::now();
        $newDateTime = Carbon::now()->subMonth();

        // echo "<pre />";
        print_r($currentDateTime);
        print_r($newDateTime);
    }

}

Carbon\Carbon Object

(
    [date] => 2021-08-09 04:38:05.089199

    [timezone_type] => 3

    [timezone] => UTC
)

Carbon\Carbon Object

(
    [date] => 2021-07-09 04:38:05.089209

    [timezone_type] => 3

    [timezone] => UTC
)

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

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

class HomeController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * laravel carbon add months to date..
     *
     * @return string
    */
    public function index()
    {
        $currentDateTime = Carbon::now();
        $newDateTime = Carbon::now()->subMonths(2);

        // echo "<pre />";
        print_r($currentDateTime);
        print_r($newDateTime);
    }

}

Carbon\Carbon Object

(
    [date] => 2021-08-09 04:40:51.920674

    [timezone_type] => 3

    [timezone] => UTC
)

Carbon\Carbon Object

(
    [date] => 2021-06-09 04:40:51.920683

    [timezone_type] => 3

    [timezone] => UTC
)

I Hope It Will Help You..