Carbon Date Snippets

carbon.php

Format date time using Carbon
\Carbon\Carbon::createFromFormat($from, $value)->format($to);
\Carbon\Carbon::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s', '2017-12-10 01:00:00')->format('d/m/Y H:i')

Validate & format Carbon date
if (! function_exists('carbon_date_or_null_if_zero')) {
  function convert_datetime_to_carbon($value, $from = 'Y-m-d H:i:s', $to = 'd/m/Y H:i')
  {
      if(empty($value)){
          return null;
      }
      $carbon_date = \Carbon\Carbon::parse($value);
      if($carbon_date->timestamp <= 0){
          return null;
      }else{
          return $carbon_date->format($to);
      }
  }
        
 Convert Carbon date to string date
 $now = \Carbon\Carbon::now();
 $now->toDateTimeString();