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suhas_rkms
suhas_rkms

Reputation: 144

How can I validate given time is greater then current time using Carbon on Laravel?

I wanted to validate time input formatted as H:i:s (e.g. "16:35:00") to be greater than current time.

$request->validate([
  'start_time' => 'required|after:now',
  'end_time' => 'required|after:start_time',
]);

Above code checks the date instead of time.

Upvotes: 6

Views: 4328

Answers (2)

KyleK
KyleK

Reputation: 5056

Change the date to be compared to the actual input using setDateFrom (start in start, end in end) so only time remains checked with what you initially gives as a datetime:

$request->validate([
  'start_time' => 'required|after:' . Carbon::now()->format('H:i:s'),
  'end_time' => 'required|after:start_time',
]);

Upvotes: 4

Hedayatullah Sarwary
Hedayatullah Sarwary

Reputation: 2834

However, it won't validate times from different days (eg 09:00 PM - 03:00 AM the next day). start_time and end_time, in this case, should be provided as HH:mm but you can change it easily.

$this->validate($request, [
    'start_time' => 'date_format:H:i',
    'end_time' => 'date_format:H:i|after:start_time',
]);

Upvotes: 0

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