How to show and save DATE_RFC2822 to MySQL using Laravel 5.3?

Question

I want to save Fri, 20 Jan 2017 09:27:22 +0200 to MySQL database. In my database table I have TIMESTAMP What function I should use for inserting this string to MySQL? I tried using date( Fri, 20 Jan 2017 09:27:22 +0200 ) but when I pass value back to view I get 2017-01-20 in my array. So 1st how to save it correctly? 2nd how to get it back from MySQL back the same as passed?

Answer 1

How to handle your issue:

1) Make and real timestamp from your given date with strtotime() :

 print $timestamp = strtotime('Fri, 20 Jan 2017 09:27:22 +0200');

2) Save the timestamp 1484897242 into the database.

3) Get the timestamp from the database and reformat it:

print date(DATE_RFC2822,$timestamp);//Fri, 20 Jan 2017 09:27:22 +0200

This is what you basicly have to do. Have a try.

Answer 2

Try Carbon,it's laravel core lib, very easy to handle laravel date manipulation. The document link is Carbon