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Strange time parse error in Azure

Hi everyone, I have a Laravel 5.5 application on Ubuntu that we recently moved to Azure, along with our SQL database. The DB contains many DATE fields in the format YYYY-MM-DD. If we do a dd() of the data in our on-premise application, this is the same format that gets returned. For example

"date" => "2024-01-30"

However, the same dd() in the Azure version of the application returns

"date" => "Jan 30 2024 12:00:00:AM"

Both the Azure app and the on-premise app pull from the same DB in Azure. I can't figure out how or why the Azure version is changing the date format. It's causing all kinds of time parsing errors in the application. I know it's possible to use preg_replace to fix the formatting, but we have over 1400 Carbon calls in the app and I'd rather not recode every one of them. Plus, it bugs me that I can't trust that the data I'm pulling is in the same form as it is in the database. I don't see any obvious differences in server time configuration settings. Any ideas on what's causing the problem?

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Jchambers's avatar

Problem fixed!

The issue was in the locale.conf file. The language parameter was blank and needed to be set to US.

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betty4920taylor's avatar

Ensure that the locale settings are consistent between your on-premise environment and Azure. Date formatting can sometimes be influenced by locale settings. Verify that the timezone settings are the same in both environments. A difference in timezone configuration could lead to unexpected date formatting. Review the PHP configuration settings on both environments, paying attention to any settings related to date formatting or localization. Check the database configuration to ensure that it's not altering the date format before returning the data to your application. It's possible that there's a difference in database configuration between the environments.

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