Working with date-time is most often task for every web application. The Laravel Framework made the date-time operation very simple and easy. We can do most of the common date-time operation with Laravel Framework such as query data with date-time, setup timezone, date-time formatting, dynamic timezone and much more. In this article, I will discuss all date-time operation in Laravel Framework.
When we install a fresh Laravel project, it shipped with a default timezone UTC in config/app.php file. If our application will use in a specific country then we have to set the timezone of that country at the very beginning of application development. Because when we'll do any date-time operation in our application it'll return date-time accounting to config/app.php timezone setting. For example, If our application will use only in New York then we have to set up timezone in app/config.php file like below.
// app/config.php
"timezone" => "America/New_York"If our application use in the various country then we have to use dynamic timezone base on user's timezone like Facebook, twitter, youtube etc.
If our application developed for global use with a user-specific timezone that means a user able to set their timezone and see the data according to their timezone. For that, we have to configure and setup our application timezone dynamically. To configure dynamic and user-specific timezone we have to follow these steps.
'timezone' => 'UTC' in app/config.php file.Example: table name transactions and user timezone value will be fetched from trx_date field.
<?php namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Carbon\Carbon;
class Transaction extends Model
{
protected $table = 'transactions';
public function getTrxDateAttribute($value)
{
$date = Carbon::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s', $value);
if (auth()->user()) {
$userTimeZone = auth()->user()->timezone ?: 'UTC';
$date->setTimezone($userTimeZone);
}
return $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
}
}
Here is the function which returns all available time list of Africa, America, Antarctica, Arctic, Asia, Atlantic, Australia, Europe, Indian, Pacific.
function getTimezoneList()
{
$str = "<select name=\"timezone\">
<optgroup label=\"General\">
<option value=\"GMT\">GMT timezone</option>
<option value=\"UTC\">UTC timezone</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label=\"Africa\">
<option value=\"Africa/Abidjan\">(GMT/UTC + 00:00) Abidjan</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Accra\">(GMT/UTC + 00:00) Accra</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Addis_Ababa\">(GMT/UTC + 03:00) Addis Ababa</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Algiers\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Algiers</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Asmara\">(GMT/UTC + 03:00) Asmara</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Bamako\">(GMT/UTC + 00:00) Bamako</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Bangui\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Bangui</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Banjul\">(GMT/UTC + 00:00) Banjul</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Bissau\">(GMT/UTC + 00:00) Bissau</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Blantyre\">(GMT/UTC + 02:00) Blantyre</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Brazzaville\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Brazzaville</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Bujumbura\">(GMT/UTC + 02:00) Bujumbura</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Cairo\">(GMT/UTC + 02:00) Cairo</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Casablanca\">(GMT/UTC + 00:00) Casablanca</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Ceuta\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Ceuta</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Conakry\">(GMT/UTC + 00:00) Conakry</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Dakar\">(GMT/UTC + 00:00) Dakar</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Dar_es_Salaam\">(GMT/UTC + 03:00) Dar es Salaam</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Djibouti\">(GMT/UTC + 03:00) Djibouti</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Douala\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Douala</option>
<option value=\"Africa/El_Aaiun\">(GMT/UTC + 00:00) El Aaiun</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Freetown\">(GMT/UTC + 00:00) Freetown</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Gaborone\">(GMT/UTC + 02:00) Gaborone</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Harare\">(GMT/UTC + 02:00) Harare</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Johannesburg\">(GMT/UTC + 02:00) Johannesburg</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Juba\">(GMT/UTC + 03:00) Juba</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Kampala\">(GMT/UTC + 03:00) Kampala</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Khartoum\">(GMT/UTC + 03:00) Khartoum</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Kigali\">(GMT/UTC + 02:00) Kigali</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Kinshasa\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Kinshasa</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Lagos\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Lagos</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Libreville\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Libreville</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Lome\">(GMT/UTC + 00:00) Lome</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Luanda\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Luanda</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Lubumbashi\">(GMT/UTC + 02:00) Lubumbashi</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Lusaka\">(GMT/UTC + 02:00) Lusaka</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Malabo\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Malabo</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Maputo\">(GMT/UTC + 02:00) Maputo</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Maseru\">(GMT/UTC + 02:00) Maseru</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Mbabane\">(GMT/UTC + 02:00) Mbabane</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Mogadishu\">(GMT/UTC + 03:00) Mogadishu</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Monrovia\">(GMT/UTC + 00:00) Monrovia</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Nairobi\">(GMT/UTC + 03:00) Nairobi</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Ndjamena\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Ndjamena</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Niamey\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Niamey</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Nouakchott\">(GMT/UTC + 00:00) Nouakchott</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Ouagadougou\">(GMT/UTC + 00:00) Ouagadougou</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Porto-Novo\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Porto-Novo</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Sao_Tome\">(GMT/UTC + 00:00) Sao Tome</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Tripoli\">(GMT/UTC + 02:00) Tripoli</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Tunis\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Tunis</option>
<option value=\"Africa/Windhoek\">(GMT/UTC + 02:00) Windhoek</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label=\"America\">
<option value=\"America/Adak\">(GMT/UTC - 10:00) Adak</option>
<option value=\"America/Anchorage\">(GMT/UTC - 09:00) Anchorage</option>
<option value=\"America/Anguilla\">(GMT/UTC - 04:00) Anguilla</option>
<option value=\"America/Antigua\">(GMT/UTC - 04:00) Antigua</option>
<option value=\"America/Araguaina\">(GMT/UTC - 03:00) Araguaina</option>
<option value=\"America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires\">(GMT/UTC - 03:00) Argentina/Buenos Aires</option>
<option value=\"America/Argentina/Catamarca\">(GMT/UTC - 03:00) Argentina/Catamarca</option>
<option value=\"America/Argentina/Cordoba\">(GMT/UTC - 03:00) Argentina/Cordoba</option>
<option value=\"America/Argentina/Jujuy\">(GMT/UTC - 03:00) Argentina/Jujuy</option>
<option value=\"America/Argentina/La_Rioja\">(GMT/UTC - 03:00) Argentina/La Rioja</option>
<option value=\"America/Argentina/Mendoza\">(GMT/UTC - 03:00) Argentina/Mendoza</option>
<option value=\"America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos\">(GMT/UTC - 03:00) Argentina/Rio Gallegos</option>
<option value=\"America/Argentina/Salta\">(GMT/UTC - 03:00) Argentina/Salta</option>
<option value=\"America/Argentina/San_Juan\">(GMT/UTC - 03:00) Argentina/San Juan</option>
<option value=\"America/Argentina/San_Luis\">(GMT/UTC - 03:00) Argentina/San Luis</option>
<option value=\"America/Argentina/Tucuman\">(GMT/UTC - 03:00) Argentina/Tucuman</option>
<option value=\"America/Argentina/Ushuaia\">(GMT/UTC - 03:00) Argentina/Ushuaia</option>
<option value=\"America/Aruba\">(GMT/UTC - 04:00) Aruba</option>
<option value=\"America/Asuncion\">(GMT/UTC - 03:00) Asuncion</option>
<option value=\"America/Atikokan\">(GMT/UTC - 05:00) Atikokan</option>
<option value=\"America/Bahia\">(GMT/UTC - 03:00) Bahia</option>
<option value=\"America/Bahia_Banderas\">(GMT/UTC - 06:00) Bahia Banderas</option>
<option value=\"America/Barbados\">(GMT/UTC - 04:00) Barbados</option>
<option value=\"America/Belem\">(GMT/UTC - 03:00) Belem</option>
<option value=\"America/Belize\">(GMT/UTC - 06:00) Belize</option>
<option value=\"America/Blanc-Sablon\">(GMT/UTC - 04:00) Blanc-Sablon</option>
<option value=\"America/Boa_Vista\">(GMT/UTC - 04:00) Boa Vista</option>
<option value=\"America/Bogota\">(GMT/UTC - 05:00) Bogota</option>
<option value=\"America/Boise\">(GMT/UTC - 07:00) Boise</option>
<option value=\"America/Cambridge_Bay\">(GMT/UTC - 07:00) Cambridge Bay</option>
<option value=\"America/Campo_Grande\">(GMT/UTC - 03:00) Campo Grande</option>
<option value=\"America/Cancun\">(GMT/UTC - 05:00) Cancun</option>
<option value=\"America/Caracas\">(GMT/UTC - 04:30) Caracas</option>
<option value=\"America/Cayenne\">(GMT/UTC - 03:00) Cayenne</option>
<option value=\"America/Cayman\">(GMT/UTC - 05:00) Cayman</option>
<option value=\"America/Chicago\">(GMT/UTC - 06:00) Chicago</option>
<option value=\"America/Chihuahua\">(GMT/UTC - 07:00) Chihuahua</option>
<option value=\"America/Costa_Rica\">(GMT/UTC - 06:00) Costa Rica</option>
<option value=\"America/Creston\">(GMT/UTC - 07:00) Creston</option>
<option value=\"America/Cuiaba\">(GMT/UTC - 03:00) Cuiaba</option>
<option value=\"America/Curacao\">(GMT/UTC - 04:00) Curacao</option>
<option value=\"America/Danmarkshavn\">(GMT/UTC + 00:00) Danmarkshavn</option>
<option value=\"America/Dawson\">(GMT/UTC - 08:00) Dawson</option>
<option value=\"America/Dawson_Creek\">(GMT/UTC - 07:00) Dawson Creek</option>
<option value=\"America/Denver\">(GMT/UTC - 07:00) Denver</option>
<option value=\"America/Detroit\">(GMT/UTC - 05:00) Detroit</option>
<option value=\"America/Dominica\">(GMT/UTC - 04:00) Dominica</option>
<option value=\"America/Edmonton\">(GMT/UTC - 07:00) Edmonton</option>
<option value=\"America/Eirunepe\">(GMT/UTC - 05:00) Eirunepe</option>
<option value=\"America/El_Salvador\">(GMT/UTC - 06:00) El Salvador</option>
<option value=\"America/Fort_Nelson\">(GMT/UTC - 07:00) Fort Nelson</option>
<option value=\"America/Fortaleza\">(GMT/UTC - 03:00) Fortaleza</option>
<option value=\"America/Glace_Bay\">(GMT/UTC - 04:00) Glace Bay</option>
<option value=\"America/Godthab\">(GMT/UTC - 03:00) Godthab</option>
<option value=\"America/Goose_Bay\">(GMT/UTC - 04:00) Goose Bay</option>
<option value=\"America/Grand_Turk\">(GMT/UTC - 04:00) Grand Turk</option>
<option value=\"America/Grenada\">(GMT/UTC - 04:00) Grenada</option>
<option value=\"America/Guadeloupe\">(GMT/UTC - 04:00) Guadeloupe</option>
<option value=\"America/Guatemala\">(GMT/UTC - 06:00) Guatemala</option>
<option value=\"America/Guayaquil\">(GMT/UTC - 05:00) Guayaquil</option>
<option value=\"America/Guyana\">(GMT/UTC - 04:00) Guyana</option>
<option value=\"America/Halifax\">(GMT/UTC - 04:00) Halifax</option>
<option value=\"America/Havana\">(GMT/UTC - 05:00) Havana</option>
<option value=\"America/Hermosillo\">(GMT/UTC - 07:00) Hermosillo</option>
<option value=\"America/Indiana/Indianapolis\">(GMT/UTC - 05:00) Indiana/Indianapolis</option>
<option value=\"America/Indiana/Knox\">(GMT/UTC - 06:00) Indiana/Knox</option>
<option value=\"America/Indiana/Marengo\">(GMT/UTC - 05:00) Indiana/Marengo</option>
<option value=\"America/Indiana/Petersburg\">(GMT/UTC - 05:00) Indiana/Petersburg</option>
<option value=\"America/Indiana/Tell_City\">(GMT/UTC - 06:00) Indiana/Tell City</option>
<option value=\"America/Indiana/Vevay\">(GMT/UTC - 05:00) Indiana/Vevay</option>
<option value=\"America/Indiana/Vincennes\">(GMT/UTC - 05:00) Indiana/Vincennes</option>
<option value=\"America/Indiana/Winamac\">(GMT/UTC - 05:00) Indiana/Winamac</option>
<option value=\"America/Inuvik\">(GMT/UTC - 07:00) Inuvik</option>
<option value=\"America/Iqaluit\">(GMT/UTC - 05:00) Iqaluit</option>
<option value=\"America/Jamaica\">(GMT/UTC - 05:00) Jamaica</option>
<option value=\"America/Juneau\">(GMT/UTC - 09:00) Juneau</option>
<option value=\"America/Kentucky/Louisville\">(GMT/UTC - 05:00) Kentucky/Louisville</option>
<option value=\"America/Kentucky/Monticello\">(GMT/UTC - 05:00) Kentucky/Monticello</option>
<option value=\"America/Kralendijk\">(GMT/UTC - 04:00) Kralendijk</option>
<option value=\"America/La_Paz\">(GMT/UTC - 04:00) La Paz</option>
<option value=\"America/Lima\">(GMT/UTC - 05:00) Lima</option>
<option value=\"America/Los_Angeles\">(GMT/UTC - 08:00) Los Angeles</option>
<option value=\"America/Lower_Princes\">(GMT/UTC - 04:00) Lower Princes</option>
<option value=\"America/Maceio\">(GMT/UTC - 03:00) Maceio</option>
<option value=\"America/Managua\">(GMT/UTC - 06:00) Managua</option>
<option value=\"America/Manaus\">(GMT/UTC - 04:00) Manaus</option>
<option value=\"America/Marigot\">(GMT/UTC - 04:00) Marigot</option>
<option value=\"America/Martinique\">(GMT/UTC - 04:00) Martinique</option>
<option value=\"America/Matamoros\">(GMT/UTC - 06:00) Matamoros</option>
<option value=\"America/Mazatlan\">(GMT/UTC - 07:00) Mazatlan</option>
<option value=\"America/Menominee\">(GMT/UTC - 06:00) Menominee</option>
<option value=\"America/Merida\">(GMT/UTC - 06:00) Merida</option>
<option value=\"America/Metlakatla\">(GMT/UTC - 09:00) Metlakatla</option>
<option value=\"America/Mexico_City\">(GMT/UTC - 06:00) Mexico City</option>
<option value=\"America/Miquelon\">(GMT/UTC - 03:00) Miquelon</option>
<option value=\"America/Moncton\">(GMT/UTC - 04:00) Moncton</option>
<option value=\"America/Monterrey\">(GMT/UTC - 06:00) Monterrey</option>
<option value=\"America/Montevideo\">(GMT/UTC - 03:00) Montevideo</option>
<option value=\"America/Montserrat\">(GMT/UTC - 04:00) Montserrat</option>
<option value=\"America/Nassau\">(GMT/UTC - 05:00) Nassau</option>
<option value=\"America/New_York\">(GMT/UTC - 05:00) New York</option>
<option value=\"America/Nipigon\">(GMT/UTC - 05:00) Nipigon</option>
<option value=\"America/Nome\">(GMT/UTC - 09:00) Nome</option>
<option value=\"America/Noronha\">(GMT/UTC - 02:00) Noronha</option>
<option value=\"America/North_Dakota/Beulah\">(GMT/UTC - 06:00) North Dakota/Beulah</option>
<option value=\"America/North_Dakota/Center\">(GMT/UTC - 06:00) North Dakota/Center</option>
<option value=\"America/North_Dakota/New_Salem\">(GMT/UTC - 06:00) North Dakota/New Salem</option>
<option value=\"America/Ojinaga\">(GMT/UTC - 07:00) Ojinaga</option>
<option value=\"America/Panama\">(GMT/UTC - 05:00) Panama</option>
<option value=\"America/Pangnirtung\">(GMT/UTC - 05:00) Pangnirtung</option>
<option value=\"America/Paramaribo\">(GMT/UTC - 03:00) Paramaribo</option>
<option value=\"America/Phoenix\">(GMT/UTC - 07:00) Phoenix</option>
<option value=\"America/Port-au-Prince\">(GMT/UTC - 05:00) Port-au-Prince</option>
<option value=\"America/Port_of_Spain\">(GMT/UTC - 04:00) Port of Spain</option>
<option value=\"America/Porto_Velho\">(GMT/UTC - 04:00) Porto Velho</option>
<option value=\"America/Puerto_Rico\">(GMT/UTC - 04:00) Puerto Rico</option>
<option value=\"America/Rainy_River\">(GMT/UTC - 06:00) Rainy River</option>
<option value=\"America/Rankin_Inlet\">(GMT/UTC - 06:00) Rankin Inlet</option>
<option value=\"America/Recife\">(GMT/UTC - 03:00) Recife</option>
<option value=\"America/Regina\">(GMT/UTC - 06:00) Regina</option>
<option value=\"America/Resolute\">(GMT/UTC - 06:00) Resolute</option>
<option value=\"America/Rio_Branco\">(GMT/UTC - 05:00) Rio Branco</option>
<option value=\"America/Santarem\">(GMT/UTC - 03:00) Santarem</option>
<option value=\"America/Santiago\">(GMT/UTC - 03:00) Santiago</option>
<option value=\"America/Santo_Domingo\">(GMT/UTC - 04:00) Santo Domingo</option>
<option value=\"America/Sao_Paulo\">(GMT/UTC - 02:00) Sao Paulo</option>
<option value=\"America/Scoresbysund\">(GMT/UTC - 01:00) Scoresbysund</option>
<option value=\"America/Sitka\">(GMT/UTC - 09:00) Sitka</option>
<option value=\"America/St_Barthelemy\">(GMT/UTC - 04:00) St. Barthelemy</option>
<option value=\"America/St_Johns\">(GMT/UTC - 03:30) St. Johns</option>
<option value=\"America/St_Kitts\">(GMT/UTC - 04:00) St. Kitts</option>
<option value=\"America/St_Lucia\">(GMT/UTC - 04:00) St. Lucia</option>
<option value=\"America/St_Thomas\">(GMT/UTC - 04:00) St. Thomas</option>
<option value=\"America/St_Vincent\">(GMT/UTC - 04:00) St. Vincent</option>
<option value=\"America/Swift_Current\">(GMT/UTC - 06:00) Swift Current</option>
<option value=\"America/Tegucigalpa\">(GMT/UTC - 06:00) Tegucigalpa</option>
<option value=\"America/Thule\">(GMT/UTC - 04:00) Thule</option>
<option value=\"America/Thunder_Bay\">(GMT/UTC - 05:00) Thunder Bay</option>
<option value=\"America/Tijuana\">(GMT/UTC - 08:00) Tijuana</option>
<option value=\"America/Toronto\">(GMT/UTC - 05:00) Toronto</option>
<option value=\"America/Tortola\">(GMT/UTC - 04:00) Tortola</option>
<option value=\"America/Vancouver\">(GMT/UTC - 08:00) Vancouver</option>
<option value=\"America/Whitehorse\">(GMT/UTC - 08:00) Whitehorse</option>
<option value=\"America/Winnipeg\">(GMT/UTC - 06:00) Winnipeg</option>
<option value=\"America/Yakutat\">(GMT/UTC - 09:00) Yakutat</option>
<option value=\"America/Yellowknife\">(GMT/UTC - 07:00) Yellowknife</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label=\"Antarctica\">
<option value=\"Antarctica/Casey\">(GMT/UTC + 08:00) Casey</option>
<option value=\"Antarctica/Davis\">(GMT/UTC + 07:00) Davis</option>
<option value=\"Antarctica/DumontDUrville\">(GMT/UTC + 10:00) DumontDUrville</option>
<option value=\"Antarctica/Macquarie\">(GMT/UTC + 11:00) Macquarie</option>
<option value=\"Antarctica/Mawson\">(GMT/UTC + 05:00) Mawson</option>
<option value=\"Antarctica/McMurdo\">(GMT/UTC + 13:00) McMurdo</option>
<option value=\"Antarctica/Palmer\">(GMT/UTC - 03:00) Palmer</option>
<option value=\"Antarctica/Rothera\">(GMT/UTC - 03:00) Rothera</option>
<option value=\"Antarctica/Syowa\">(GMT/UTC + 03:00) Syowa</option>
<option value=\"Antarctica/Troll\">(GMT/UTC + 00:00) Troll</option>
<option value=\"Antarctica/Vostok\">(GMT/UTC + 06:00) Vostok</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label=\"Arctic\">
<option value=\"Arctic/Longyearbyen\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Longyearbyen</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label=\"Asia\">
<option value=\"Asia/Aden\">(GMT/UTC + 03:00) Aden</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Almaty\">(GMT/UTC + 06:00) Almaty</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Amman\">(GMT/UTC + 02:00) Amman</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Anadyr\">(GMT/UTC + 12:00) Anadyr</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Aqtau\">(GMT/UTC + 05:00) Aqtau</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Aqtobe\">(GMT/UTC + 05:00) Aqtobe</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Ashgabat\">(GMT/UTC + 05:00) Ashgabat</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Baghdad\">(GMT/UTC + 03:00) Baghdad</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Bahrain\">(GMT/UTC + 03:00) Bahrain</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Baku\">(GMT/UTC + 04:00) Baku</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Bangkok\">(GMT/UTC + 07:00) Bangkok</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Barnaul\">(GMT/UTC + 07:00) Barnaul</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Beirut\">(GMT/UTC + 02:00) Beirut</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Bishkek\">(GMT/UTC + 06:00) Bishkek</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Brunei\">(GMT/UTC + 08:00) Brunei</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Chita\">(GMT/UTC + 09:00) Chita</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Choibalsan\">(GMT/UTC + 08:00) Choibalsan</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Colombo\">(GMT/UTC + 05:30) Colombo</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Damascus\">(GMT/UTC + 02:00) Damascus</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Dhaka\">(GMT/UTC + 06:00) Dhaka</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Dili\">(GMT/UTC + 09:00) Dili</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Dubai\">(GMT/UTC + 04:00) Dubai</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Dushanbe\">(GMT/UTC + 05:00) Dushanbe</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Gaza\">(GMT/UTC + 02:00) Gaza</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Hebron\">(GMT/UTC + 02:00) Hebron</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh\">(GMT/UTC + 07:00) Ho Chi Minh</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Hong_Kong\">(GMT/UTC + 08:00) Hong Kong</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Hovd\">(GMT/UTC + 07:00) Hovd</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Irkutsk\">(GMT/UTC + 08:00) Irkutsk</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Jakarta\">(GMT/UTC + 07:00) Jakarta</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Jayapura\">(GMT/UTC + 09:00) Jayapura</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Jerusalem\">(GMT/UTC + 02:00) Jerusalem</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Kabul\">(GMT/UTC + 04:30) Kabul</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Kamchatka\">(GMT/UTC + 12:00) Kamchatka</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Karachi\">(GMT/UTC + 05:00) Karachi</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Kathmandu\">(GMT/UTC + 05:45) Kathmandu</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Khandyga\">(GMT/UTC + 09:00) Khandyga</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Kolkata\">(GMT/UTC + 05:30) Kolkata</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Krasnoyarsk\">(GMT/UTC + 07:00) Krasnoyarsk</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Kuala_Lumpur\">(GMT/UTC + 08:00) Kuala Lumpur</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Kuching\">(GMT/UTC + 08:00) Kuching</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Kuwait\">(GMT/UTC + 03:00) Kuwait</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Macau\">(GMT/UTC + 08:00) Macau</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Magadan\">(GMT/UTC + 10:00) Magadan</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Makassar\">(GMT/UTC + 08:00) Makassar</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Manila\">(GMT/UTC + 08:00) Manila</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Muscat\">(GMT/UTC + 04:00) Muscat</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Nicosia\">(GMT/UTC + 02:00) Nicosia</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Novokuznetsk\">(GMT/UTC + 07:00) Novokuznetsk</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Novosibirsk\">(GMT/UTC + 06:00) Novosibirsk</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Omsk\">(GMT/UTC + 06:00) Omsk</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Oral\">(GMT/UTC + 05:00) Oral</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Phnom_Penh\">(GMT/UTC + 07:00) Phnom Penh</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Pontianak\">(GMT/UTC + 07:00) Pontianak</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Pyongyang\">(GMT/UTC + 08:30) Pyongyang</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Qatar\">(GMT/UTC + 03:00) Qatar</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Qyzylorda\">(GMT/UTC + 06:00) Qyzylorda</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Rangoon\">(GMT/UTC + 06:30) Rangoon</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Riyadh\">(GMT/UTC + 03:00) Riyadh</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Sakhalin\">(GMT/UTC + 11:00) Sakhalin</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Samarkand\">(GMT/UTC + 05:00) Samarkand</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Seoul\">(GMT/UTC + 09:00) Seoul</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Shanghai\">(GMT/UTC + 08:00) Shanghai</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Singapore\">(GMT/UTC + 08:00) Singapore</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Srednekolymsk\">(GMT/UTC + 11:00) Srednekolymsk</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Taipei\">(GMT/UTC + 08:00) Taipei</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Tashkent\">(GMT/UTC + 05:00) Tashkent</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Tbilisi\">(GMT/UTC + 04:00) Tbilisi</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Tehran\">(GMT/UTC + 03:30) Tehran</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Thimphu\">(GMT/UTC + 06:00) Thimphu</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Tokyo\">(GMT/UTC + 09:00) Tokyo</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Ulaanbaatar\">(GMT/UTC + 08:00) Ulaanbaatar</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Urumqi\">(GMT/UTC + 06:00) Urumqi</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Ust-Nera\">(GMT/UTC + 10:00) Ust-Nera</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Vientiane\">(GMT/UTC + 07:00) Vientiane</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Vladivostok\">(GMT/UTC + 10:00) Vladivostok</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Yakutsk\">(GMT/UTC + 09:00) Yakutsk</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Yekaterinburg\">(GMT/UTC + 05:00) Yekaterinburg</option>
<option value=\"Asia/Yerevan\">(GMT/UTC + 04:00) Yerevan</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label=\"Atlantic\">
<option value=\"Atlantic/Azores\">(GMT/UTC - 01:00) Azores</option>
<option value=\"Atlantic/Bermuda\">(GMT/UTC - 04:00) Bermuda</option>
<option value=\"Atlantic/Canary\">(GMT/UTC + 00:00) Canary</option>
<option value=\"Atlantic/Cape_Verde\">(GMT/UTC - 01:00) Cape Verde</option>
<option value=\"Atlantic/Faroe\">(GMT/UTC + 00:00) Faroe</option>
<option value=\"Atlantic/Madeira\">(GMT/UTC + 00:00) Madeira</option>
<option value=\"Atlantic/Reykjavik\">(GMT/UTC + 00:00) Reykjavik</option>
<option value=\"Atlantic/South_Georgia\">(GMT/UTC - 02:00) South Georgia</option>
<option value=\"Atlantic/St_Helena\">(GMT/UTC + 00:00) St. Helena</option>
<option value=\"Atlantic/Stanley\">(GMT/UTC - 03:00) Stanley</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label=\"Australia\">
<option value=\"Australia/Adelaide\">(GMT/UTC + 10:30) Adelaide</option>
<option value=\"Australia/Brisbane\">(GMT/UTC + 10:00) Brisbane</option>
<option value=\"Australia/Broken_Hill\">(GMT/UTC + 10:30) Broken Hill</option>
<option value=\"Australia/Currie\">(GMT/UTC + 11:00) Currie</option>
<option value=\"Australia/Darwin\">(GMT/UTC + 09:30) Darwin</option>
<option value=\"Australia/Eucla\">(GMT/UTC + 08:45) Eucla</option>
<option value=\"Australia/Hobart\">(GMT/UTC + 11:00) Hobart</option>
<option value=\"Australia/Lindeman\">(GMT/UTC + 10:00) Lindeman</option>
<option value=\"Australia/Lord_Howe\">(GMT/UTC + 11:00) Lord Howe</option>
<option value=\"Australia/Melbourne\">(GMT/UTC + 11:00) Melbourne</option>
<option value=\"Australia/Perth\">(GMT/UTC + 08:00) Perth</option>
<option value=\"Australia/Sydney\">(GMT/UTC + 11:00) Sydney</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label=\"Europe\">
<option value=\"Europe/Amsterdam\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Amsterdam</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Andorra\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Andorra</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Astrakhan\">(GMT/UTC + 04:00) Astrakhan</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Athens\">(GMT/UTC + 02:00) Athens</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Belgrade\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Belgrade</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Berlin\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Berlin</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Bratislava\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Bratislava</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Brussels\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Brussels</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Bucharest\">(GMT/UTC + 02:00) Bucharest</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Budapest\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Budapest</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Busingen\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Busingen</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Chisinau\">(GMT/UTC + 02:00) Chisinau</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Copenhagen\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Copenhagen</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Dublin\">(GMT/UTC + 00:00) Dublin</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Gibraltar\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Gibraltar</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Guernsey\">(GMT/UTC + 00:00) Guernsey</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Helsinki\">(GMT/UTC + 02:00) Helsinki</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Isle_of_Man\">(GMT/UTC + 00:00) Isle of Man</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Istanbul\">(GMT/UTC + 02:00) Istanbul</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Jersey\">(GMT/UTC + 00:00) Jersey</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Kaliningrad\">(GMT/UTC + 02:00) Kaliningrad</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Kiev\">(GMT/UTC + 02:00) Kiev</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Lisbon\">(GMT/UTC + 00:00) Lisbon</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Ljubljana\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Ljubljana</option>
<option value=\"Europe/London\">(GMT/UTC + 00:00) London</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Luxembourg\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Luxembourg</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Madrid\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Madrid</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Malta\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Malta</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Mariehamn\">(GMT/UTC + 02:00) Mariehamn</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Minsk\">(GMT/UTC + 03:00) Minsk</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Monaco\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Monaco</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Moscow\">(GMT/UTC + 03:00) Moscow</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Oslo\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Oslo</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Paris\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Paris</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Podgorica\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Podgorica</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Prague\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Prague</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Riga\">(GMT/UTC + 02:00) Riga</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Rome\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Rome</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Samara\">(GMT/UTC + 04:00) Samara</option>
<option value=\"Europe/San_Marino\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) San Marino</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Sarajevo\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Sarajevo</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Simferopol\">(GMT/UTC + 03:00) Simferopol</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Skopje\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Skopje</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Sofia\">(GMT/UTC + 02:00) Sofia</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Stockholm\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Stockholm</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Tallinn\">(GMT/UTC + 02:00) Tallinn</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Tirane\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Tirane</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Ulyanovsk\">(GMT/UTC + 04:00) Ulyanovsk</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Uzhgorod\">(GMT/UTC + 02:00) Uzhgorod</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Vaduz\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Vaduz</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Vatican\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Vatican</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Vienna\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Vienna</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Vilnius\">(GMT/UTC + 02:00) Vilnius</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Volgograd\">(GMT/UTC + 03:00) Volgograd</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Warsaw\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Warsaw</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Zagreb\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Zagreb</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Zaporozhye\">(GMT/UTC + 02:00) Zaporozhye</option>
<option value=\"Europe/Zurich\">(GMT/UTC + 01:00) Zurich</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label=\"Indian\">
<option value=\"Indian/Antananarivo\">(GMT/UTC + 03:00) Antananarivo</option>
<option value=\"Indian/Chagos\">(GMT/UTC + 06:00) Chagos</option>
<option value=\"Indian/Christmas\">(GMT/UTC + 07:00) Christmas</option>
<option value=\"Indian/Cocos\">(GMT/UTC + 06:30) Cocos</option>
<option value=\"Indian/Comoro\">(GMT/UTC + 03:00) Comoro</option>
<option value=\"Indian/Kerguelen\">(GMT/UTC + 05:00) Kerguelen</option>
<option value=\"Indian/Mahe\">(GMT/UTC + 04:00) Mahe</option>
<option value=\"Indian/Maldives\">(GMT/UTC + 05:00) Maldives</option>
<option value=\"Indian/Mauritius\">(GMT/UTC + 04:00) Mauritius</option>
<option value=\"Indian/Mayotte\">(GMT/UTC + 03:00) Mayotte</option>
<option value=\"Indian/Reunion\">(GMT/UTC + 04:00) Reunion</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label=\"Pacific\">
<option value=\"Pacific/Apia\">(GMT/UTC + 14:00) Apia</option>
<option value=\"Pacific/Auckland\">(GMT/UTC + 13:00) Auckland</option>
<option value=\"Pacific/Bougainville\">(GMT/UTC + 11:00) Bougainville</option>
<option value=\"Pacific/Chatham\">(GMT/UTC + 13:45) Chatham</option>
<option value=\"Pacific/Chuuk\">(GMT/UTC + 10:00) Chuuk</option>
<option value=\"Pacific/Easter\">(GMT/UTC - 05:00) Easter</option>
<option value=\"Pacific/Efate\">(GMT/UTC + 11:00) Efate</option>
<option value=\"Pacific/Enderbury\">(GMT/UTC + 13:00) Enderbury</option>
<option value=\"Pacific/Fakaofo\">(GMT/UTC + 13:00) Fakaofo</option>
<option value=\"Pacific/Fiji\">(GMT/UTC + 12:00) Fiji</option>
<option value=\"Pacific/Funafuti\">(GMT/UTC + 12:00) Funafuti</option>
<option value=\"Pacific/Galapagos\">(GMT/UTC - 06:00) Galapagos</option>
<option value=\"Pacific/Gambier\">(GMT/UTC - 09:00) Gambier</option>
<option value=\"Pacific/Guadalcanal\">(GMT/UTC + 11:00) Guadalcanal</option>
<option value=\"Pacific/Guam\">(GMT/UTC + 10:00) Guam</option>
<option value=\"Pacific/Honolulu\">(GMT/UTC - 10:00) Honolulu</option>
<option value=\"Pacific/Johnston\">(GMT/UTC - 10:00) Johnston</option>
<option value=\"Pacific/Kiritimati\">(GMT/UTC + 14:00) Kiritimati</option>
<option value=\"Pacific/Kosrae\">(GMT/UTC + 11:00) Kosrae</option>
<option value=\"Pacific/Kwajalein\">(GMT/UTC + 12:00) Kwajalein</option>
<option value=\"Pacific/Majuro\">(GMT/UTC + 12:00) Majuro</option>
<option value=\"Pacific/Marquesas\">(GMT/UTC - 09:30) Marquesas</option>
<option value=\"Pacific/Midway\">(GMT/UTC - 11:00) Midway</option>
<option value=\"Pacific/Nauru\">(GMT/UTC + 12:00) Nauru</option>
<option value=\"Pacific/Niue\">(GMT/UTC - 11:00) Niue</option>
<option value=\"Pacific/Norfolk\">(GMT/UTC + 11:00) Norfolk</option>
<option value=\"Pacific/Noumea\">(GMT/UTC + 11:00) Noumea</option>
<option value=\"Pacific/Pago_Pago\">(GMT/UTC - 11:00) Pago Pago</option>
<option value=\"Pacific/Palau\">(GMT/UTC + 09:00) Palau</option>
<option value=\"Pacific/Pitcairn\">(GMT/UTC - 08:00) Pitcairn</option>
<option value=\"Pacific/Pohnpei\">(GMT/UTC + 11:00) Pohnpei</option>
<option value=\"Pacific/Port_Moresby\">(GMT/UTC + 10:00) Port Moresby</option>
<option value=\"Pacific/Rarotonga\">(GMT/UTC - 10:00) Rarotonga</option>
<option value=\"Pacific/Saipan\">(GMT/UTC + 10:00) Saipan</option>
<option value=\"Pacific/Tahiti\">(GMT/UTC - 10:00) Tahiti</option>
<option value=\"Pacific/Tarawa\">(GMT/UTC + 12:00) Tarawa</option>
<option value=\"Pacific/Tongatapu\">(GMT/UTC + 13:00) Tongatapu</option>
<option value=\"Pacific/Wake\">(GMT/UTC + 12:00) Wake</option>
<option value=\"Pacific/Wallis\">(GMT/UTC + 12:00) Wallis</option>
</optgroup>
</select>";
return $str;
}To use laravel timezone list helper where you need to add a timezone list dropdown.
{{getTimezoneList()}}
Laravel includes carbon date-time library by default. So, we can get all the facility of php date-time carbon library in our entire application. We can do a lot of amazing things with date-time in our application very easily. Let take a look at some example.
use Carbon\Carbon;
$transaction->trx_date = Carbon::now();
// 2020-03-18 00:00:00
$user->expire_at = Carbon::now()->addDays(30);
// it add 30 days from now We can use more useful carbon functions. For getting full list and use of carbon php library, please read the official doc of carbon.
use Carbon\Carbon;
$current = Carbon::now();
$current = new Carbon();
$nexDay = Carbon::tomorrow();
$lastDay = Carbon::yesterday();
$specific = new Carbon('first day of May 2021');
$berlinTime = new Carbon('first day of January 2020', 'Europe\Berlin');
//formatting
$date = Carbon::now();
$dt->toDateString(); // 2020-03-18
$dt->toTimeString(); // 20:25:00
$dt->toDateTimeString(); // 2020-03-18 20:25:00
$dt->format('d-m-Y'); // 18-03-2020
The timestamp column of Laravel Eloquent model (create_at, updated_at) are carbon instance out of the box. So that, we can do whatever of a carbon instance.
$products = Product::whereDate('created_at', '2018-01-31')->get();
$products = Product::whereMonth('created_at', '12')->get();
$products = Product::whereDay('created_at', '31')->get();
$products = Product::whereYear('created_at', date('Y'))->get();
$products = Product::whereTime('created_at', '=', '14:13:58')->get();We can set any of our date-time fields as Carbon instance inside our model by declaring as date cast. So that, every time eloquent query we'll get a carbon instance for that field.
Example:
<?php namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class User extends Model
{
protected $dates = ['reg_date','expire_date'];
...
...
}Now we can query our data with eloquent.
$user = User::whereDate('reg_date', '2018-01-31')->get();
$user = User::whereYear('reg_date', date('Y'))->get();
$user = User::whereMonth('reg_date', date('m'))->get();
$user = User::whereDate('expire_date', date('Y-m-d'))->get();
$user = User::whereMonth('expire_date', date('m'))->get();For getting eloquent model data as a human-readable format like 2 days ago.
$user->reg_date->diffForHumans();We can check our date cast field for checking time is expired or not very easily.
if($user->expire_date->isPast()){
// do when expired
}
Thank you for reading this full article with patience. Hope this article will help you to understand the date-time operation in Laravel Framework. If this post is helpful to you then please share this article to others so that they can be helped.
