laravelphp-carbon

Getting time from string with Carbon method I got error

On Laravel 11 site with php 8.3

I need to get only time(hours/minutes) from request time field with value

  [time] => 2025-03-18T07:23:16.000Z

So I need result must be 07:23

I try to use formatting :

$time = Carbon::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s', $request->time);

But I got error :

Unexpected data found.
Trailing data

Which formatting have I to use ?

Solution

  • I recommend you use Carbon::parse instead of Carbon::createFromFormat.

    $time = Carbon::parse('2025-03-18T07:23:16.000Z');

    or you may use Y-m-d\TH:i:s.uO format from this answer.

    $time = Carbon::createFromFormat('Y-m-d\TH:i:s.uO', '2025-03-18T07:23:16.000Z');

    I would usually use the parse method with try catch just to be safe.

    try {
    $time = Carbon::parse($request->time);
} catch (\Exception $e) {
    Log::error('Time cannot be parsed', ['time' => $request->time]);
    return ;
}

    After successfully parsing the time, simple use the format method.

    $time->format('H:i');
= "07:23"