Converting String Date To Carbon Timestamp with Locale

Question

I have a date in string format, "Mon, 13 Feb 2017 09:30:00 GMT". I am trying to cast it to Carbon timestamp but I couldn't manage how. How can I use the GMT? What is the proper way?

$date = 'Mon, 13 Feb 2017 09:30:00 GMT';

Carbon::createFromFormat('D, d m Y H:i:s', $date)->toDateTimeString());

Use the right format and it will work – RiggsFolly Feb 13 '17 at 10:11 — RiggsFolly, Feb 13 '17 at 10:11
You have not accounted for GMT ....`e` – RiggsFolly Feb 13 '17 at 10:13 — RiggsFolly, Feb 13 '17 at 10:13
Month should me `M` not `m` – RiggsFolly Feb 13 '17 at 10:13 — RiggsFolly, Feb 13 '17 at 10:13

Jethro Hazelhurst · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-13T14:21:36.820

You will want to get the time_zone string for example Europe/Paris and pass it in as a parameter, for example:

Carbon::createFromFormat('D, d M Y H:i:s e', $date, 'Europe/Paris')->toDateTimeString();

If you want GMT just use

Carbon::createFromFormat('D, d M Y H:i:s e', $date, 'UTC')->toDateTimeString();

It is one of the first things that comes up in the Carbon documentation...

Carbon::createFromFormat($format, $time, $tz);

http://carbon.nesbot.com/docs/#api-localization

Converting String Date To Carbon Timestamp with Locale

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