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In my application I have registered user with their preference, and guest user.
I want to print the dates with their native format, for example an american user want to see a date with mm-dd-yyyy format, but an european user want to see a date with dd-mm-yyyy format.
For registred users I have a language preference in their settings, and for guest user I think to use the language setting passed by browser.
What is the best way to set the date format in the entire application, and where is the right place to set this config?
Maybe a good read: https://laracasts.com/forum/?p=434-user-set-timezone/0 Else why not just let it store in the default format. and format it using Carbon? http://carbon.nesbot.com/docs/#api-localization
Another option: /app/config/app.php change the locale there.
Example Carbon:
<?php
Carbon\Carbon::setLocale('<your locale');
$newDt = Carbon\Carbon::parse('<your date>')->timezone('<your timezone>');
I was referring to the date format rather than the timezone
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