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use Carbon\Carbon;
// Parse a date string
$originalDate = '2022-01-15 08:00:00';
$carbonDate = Carbon::parse($originalDate);
// Format the parsed date
$formattedDate = $carbonDate->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
echo $formattedDate; // Output: 2022-01-15 08:00:00
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$date = '2018-06-03 12:00:00'; $date = Carbon::parse($date); // now date is a carbon instance $elapsed = $date->diffForHumans(Carbon::now());