Level 5
Try $order->deadline->diffForHumans()
Nov 23, 2015
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Level 2
[Carbon] how to get a date stored in mysql can be accessed using diffForHumans()
I have a date called 'deadline' which is stored in mysql as timestamp, but when i tried to output it on a view : {{ @order->deadline->diffForHumans() }} It gets error, which said it is not an object. But for {{ @order->created_at->diffForHumans() }} and {{ @order->updated_at->diffForHumans() }} both works perfectly. Hope anyone can help me, thanks a lot...
Level 41
created_at and updated_at are Carbon instances by default. If you want other dates, timestamps, etc. to be Carbon instances, then you need to let Laravel know by adding them to the $dates property in your Model.
protected $dates = ['deadline'];
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thanks for the answers guys, i found one that works : {{ Carbon::createFromTimestamp(strtotime(@order->deadline))->diffForHumans() }}
Level 41
Why would you manually create the Carbon instance manually when you could simply set the property and let it be automatically handled?
If you want to manually create it, instead of using strtotime, it would also be simpler to just use the static parse method:
Carbon::parse($order->deadline)->diffForHumans().
Level 2
i didn't know that, i'll try it later. thanks thomaskim
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