Laravel Working with Dates and Time

 

1.    use Carbon\Carbon;
2.  
3.         $oldDate = '2023-7-15';
4.         $todayDate = date('Y-m-d');//Todday's date 30-07-23
5.         $futureDate = '2023-08-3';
6.  
7.         $parseOldDate = Carbon::parse($oldDate);
8.         $parseTodayDate = Carbon::parse($todayDate);
9.         $parseFutureDate = Carbon::parse($futureDate);
10.  
11.        
12.           if ($parseOldDate->isPast())
13.              {
14.              return "this $oldDate is in the past ";    // check if date is in the past
15.             }                                           //ouputs : this 2023-07-15 in the past
16.  
17.          if($parseFutureDate->isFuture())                // check if date is in the future
18.             {
19.              return "this $futureDate is in the future ";  // outputs: this 2023-08-3 in the future
20.            }
21.  
22.         // if($parseTodayDate->isToday()){ // check if date is in the past
23.         //     return "this $todayDate is in the today ";
24.         // }
25.  
26.         /* if( date('w') !=0 && date('w') !=6)    // check if day is weekend (Saturday or Sunday)
27.         {
28.             return "Today is  not weekend ";
29.         } */
30.  
31.        /*  if($parseTodayDate->isWeekend()){ //check if day is weekend (Saturday or Sunday)
32.             return "Today is weekend ";
33.         }  */
34.  
35.       /*   if($parseTodayDate->isWeekday()){ //check if day is weekend (Saturday or Sunday)
36.             return "Today is weekday ";
37.         }  */