Carbon has a lot of pre-defined getters for formatting times, for example ->toString(), ->toDateString() and ->toIso8601String().
Most of them differ, so you may have wondered what their differences are – below is a list for you:
| Method | Output |
|---|---|
| toAtomString() | 2024-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 |
| toCookieString() | Monday, 01-Jan-2024 00:00:00 UTC |
| toDateString() | 2024-01-01 |
| toDateTimeLocalString() | 2024-01-01T00:00:00 |
| toDateTimeString() | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 |
| toDayDateTimeString() | Mon, Jan 1, 2024 12:00 AM |
| toFormattedDateString() | Jan 1, 2024 |
| toFormattedDayDateString() | Mon, Jan 1, 2024 |
| toISOString() | 2024-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z |
| toIso8601String() | 2024-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 |
| toIso8601ZuluString() | 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| toNow() | 5 months from now |
| toRfc1036String() | Mon, 01 Jan 24 00:00:00 +0000 |
| toRfc1123String() | Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 |
| toRfc2822String() | Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 |
| toRfc3339String() | 2024-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 |
| toRfc7231String() | Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT |
| toRfc822String() | Mon, 01 Jan 24 00:00:00 +0000 |
| toRfc850String() | Monday, 01-Jan-24 00:00:00 UTC |
| toRssString() | Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 |
| toString() | Mon Jan 01 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 |
| toTimeString() | 00:00:00 |
| toW3cString() | 2024-01-01T00:00:00+00:00 |