Stuck with Eloquent Date where() clause

Hi all,

I bet it is stupid to solve but I am actually stuck.

I am trying to run this:

        $today = Carbon::now();
        logger($today); //  2022-11-04 15:19:49
        $page = Event::where('slug', $slug)->where('active_from', '>=', $today)->first();

The where clause is not working when I add "'>=' , $today" It seems that this date:

2022-11-04 15:19:49

Is not being accepted in the where clause.

The column 'active_from' has the date time registered as(which seems to be the same format):

2022-11-07 14:43:00

I should get a result but receive NULL each time, unless I remove this where clause.

Any idea why please?

Thank you