How to get the proper datetime

Hi guys, I have a field created_at which is timestamp. My app is hosted in a shared webhosting. When I receive the value of that field, it is giving me two hours earlier than my timezone. Mi timezone is America/Lima => GMT-5. I have asked my hosting support and they are telling me that the server is located in the west coast of USA, which is PST.

When I retrieve the date using return Carbon::parse($this->created_at)->timezone('America/Lima'); it is giving me a completeley wrong timezone.

Please your help!

Thanks

jlrdw

5 years ago

Level 75

Convert to users datetime for display, store UTC. See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50768490/display-all-dates-on-models-in-the-user-s-timezone-laravel

Another article: https://medium.com/@ali_11548/manage-timezones-in-laravel-utc-to-users-timezone-305274278096

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