Saving dates nor formatted as Y-m-d

Use Carbon to convert the d-m-Y format date.

Example:

$user->date_column = Carbon::createFromFormat('d-m-Y', $youdate);

$user->save();

public function getCreatedAtAttribute( $value ) { return Carbon::parse( $value )->format( 'd/m/Y H:i:s' ); }

@yadakhov yep, i have done that but still not sure if that is the more elegant way of doing it, dou you have more ideas?

@sldobri returning the dates is ok, they work as expected already, it is just when creating and updating the date fields.

Thanks!

I would suggest extending a base model.

Luckily I did a quick search and found this, so no need to write it all up.

https://coderwall.com/p/ms-a1g/change-created_at-display-format-globally-in-laravel-4

I know Jeffrey doesn't like linking out to sites without including the solution, so here it is:

<?php
// BaseModel.php

use Carbon\Carbon;

class BaseModel extends Eloquent {

    public function getCreatedAtAttribute($attr) { 
        return Carbon::parse($attr)->format('d-m-Y'); //Change the format to whichever you desire
    }
}

<?php
// Example.php

class Example extends BaseModel {
    protected $table = 'example';
}

"Now all your created_at timestamps can be formatted globally throughout your application by simply extending your model to the BaseModel."

Wow, nice option, but it is related to display the dates, what I mean is when saving or updating those date fields.

I'm really new to Laravel and only playing around with it at the moment.

Waiting for L5 before I dig much deeper, but from what I understand, you should be able to do something like this in your base model:

    /**
     * Listen for save event
     */
    protected static function boot()
    {
        parent::boot();

        static::saving(function($model)
        {

            $model->yourDateColumn = Carbon::createFromFormat('d-m-Y', $model->yourDateColumn);

            return $model;

        });
    }

Could be totally wrong so don't grill me if that's bad lol.

Create event is a solution but maybe it's simplier to extend the save method of the Model :

public function save()
{
      $model->created_at = Carbon::createFromFormat('d-m-Y', $model->created_at);
      parent::save();
}

in a BaseModel or a trait if for many models.