how to enter time-stamps in mysql from an input

Question

I need to insert Timestamp in MySQL from input in Laravel application

data coming from my input is in this format 12/27/2017 MM/DD/YYYY how can I convert it into this format Ymd H:i:s

any alternatives are highly appreciated like pass data from the input which input we use so, I can get data in timestamp format.

and at the end, I need to sort data order by date

Answer 1

If you want to do it in Laravel way you can use mutator and Carbon . This is an example of model:

use Carbon\Carbon;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model

class Post extends Model {

    protected $dates = ['date'];


    public function setDateAttribute($value)
    {
        $this->attributes['date'] = Carbon::createFromFormat('d/m/Y', $value);
    }
}

Now when you update or create post date attribute will be automatically converted. So you can save it like this:

$post = new Post(); 
$post->date = '16/12/2017';
$post->save();

Answer 2

You can use DateTime:

$inputDate = \DateTime::createFromFormat('m/d/Y', '12/27/2017');
$formatedDate = $inputDate->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');

Answer 3

As for me I done date conversion in this way, for example to making invoices. I hope this can be done by PHP.

$input_date = "12/15/2017"; // input in MM/DD/YYYY
$output_date = date('Y-m-d H:i:s',strtotime($input_date)); //set output to 2017-12-15 00:00:00
echo $output_date; //produce output

It generates the following result

2017-12-15 00:00:00

I hope this will work. If you want only date, you can omit H:i:s based on your purpose. Thank you.

Answer 4

$date=date_create("12/27/2017");
$rawDate =  date_format($date,"Y/m/d");// Produced - 2017/12/27
echo  str_replace('/','-',$rawDate ); // Output - 2017-12-27

• to add H:i:s , if there is no time just add 00:00:00 at the end of date begins with space.

• If you're dealing with created_at or updated_at which Laravel create for every table, you must add 00:00:00 to end of date to get all data begins with that respective date

Answer 5

This solution worked for me if we want the format of date from input is different from the format the timestamp accepts

Laravel way of doing is

  protected $fillable = ['organization_name', 'job_apply_link', 'job_description', 'city_id', 'province_id', 'sector_id', 'image_file', 'test_id', 'newspaper_id', 'catagory_id', 'slug', 'meta_keywords', 'meta_description', 'job_title', 'created_at'];  

 public function setCreatedAtAttribute($value)
    {
        $inputDate = \DateTime::createFromFormat('m/d/Y', $value);
        $formatedDate = $inputDate->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
        $this->attributes['created_at'] = $formatedDate;

    }