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Packy
Packy

Reputation: 3573

Laravel Carbon See if date is in the past

I am very confused by this, maybe its something simple I am not seeing. If I want to see if a date is in the past of today I should be able to do something like this? 

if( $league->date_start <= Carbon::now() ){
    $join  = false;
    $message = 'Sorry, the league has already started';
}

if I dump out the dates its 

$league->date_start = 2017-07-31 00:00:00
Carbon::now() = 2017-11-01 16:29:27

$league->date_start is a protected date so its a carbon instance

But this doesnt work, if I switch it to $league->date_start >= Carbon::now() it works and wont let me join. I know the "league" start date is in the past so shouldnt it be $league->date_start <= Carbon::now()?????

Upvotes: 49

Views: 71918

Answers (5)

Adesh Khanna
Adesh Khanna

Reputation: 242

The Basic idea behind comparing dates with Carbon is that both the dates must has to be in Carbon format, in your case Carbon::now() is but $league->date_start is not, which can be converted by using Carbon::parse()

There are many ways by which this can be achieved :

  • By using <= :
if(Carbon::parse($league->date_start) <= Carbon::now()){
    $join  = false;
    $message = 'Sorry, the league has already started';
}
  • by using lte :
if(Carbon::parse($league->date_start)-> lte(Carbon::now()){
    $join  = false;
    $message = 'Sorry, the league has already started';
}
  • by using lessThanOrEqualTo :
if(Carbon::parse($league->date_start)->lessThanOrEqualTo(Carbon::now()){
    $join  = false;
    $message = 'Sorry, the league has already started';
}

Upvotes: 2

Berni
Berni

Reputation: 568

To check wether if $date lies in a (day greater or equal than today) OR (day before today) use :

 function isPast($date){ 

    return  Carbon::now()->startOfDay()->gte($date);

 }


  // true :  $date is in past

  // false:  $date is in today or future

Upvotes: 7

Marcin Nabiałek
Marcin Nabiałek

Reputation: 111829

There's built-in Carbon method isPast so you can use:

$league->date_start->isPast()

to determine if date is in past or not

Upvotes: 137

SagunKho
SagunKho

Reputation: 1059

Try using if ($league->date_start->diffInSeconds() >= 0). The method diffInSeconds returns the difference between the current time and your carbon instance.

Here's an example of an output from tinker -

>>> $now = \Carbon\Carbon::now();
=> Carbon\Carbon {#648
     +"date": "2017-11-01 16:41:04.000000",
     +"timezone_type": 3,
     +"timezone": "UTC",
   }
>>> $now->diffInSeconds();
=> 5
>>> $now->diffInSeconds();
=> 7
>>> $now->diffInSeconds();
=> 8
>>> $now->diffInSeconds();
=> 10
>>> $now->diffInSeconds() > 0
=> true

Upvotes: 2

Ivan Kalita
Ivan Kalita

Reputation: 2287

Check the section “Comparison” on carbon docs. You should call $first->lte($second) to compare two carbon instances.

Upvotes: 5

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