PhpUnit test date which is casted as carbon instance and saved as a date

Hi,

I'm currently trying to make a test which asserts that a record has been stored in the database.

The Environment model has an attribute 'ed_split' which is casted as Carbon date, by defining this on the model:

protected $dates = ['ed_split'];

As this is only a date and not a datetime, it's stored as such in the database

$table->date('ed_split');

In my Factory I create a Carbon instance:

'ed_split' => Carbon\Carbon::now(),

However the assertion fails as the created object has ed_split": "2019-10-06T09:55:42.639743Z"; while the database only has 2019-10-06.

What's the best way to tackle this issue?