Localization of parsing format (parse, constructor...)

[Yo1L]

Hey,

First of all, carbon is awesome! Great work folks!

I’m working with Laravel and managing dates in French can be such a pain in the #$%.
Indeed, when I'm trying to get my date from a browser request, I need to convert it (submit interception) in order to be parsed by Carbon. For this, I chose a common format (ISO 8601) for JS and PHP, which is fine.

I could avoid such tweak if I could set the “From Format” like specified in createFromFormat().

Today, we can set the “TO” format and i think it could be a really great improvement if we could do so.

Thanks

[ricardobucho]

Hey,

Sorry but I didn't really get your question.

What are you trying to accomplish really?
What is the user input and what is expected?

I'm asking this because you can set a format on the createFromFormat method.
Are you asking for Carbon::parse to accept french words?

Enlighten me please :P Thank you.

[Yo1L]

Thanks for at least trying to understand.

It could be great addition if we had a static parseFromFormat string to avoid using createFromFormat and using the constructor like Laravel do.

My input are like dd/mm/YYYY

If I could set my parseFromFormat like this :
Carbon::setFromFormat( $format ) when my application starts, I could enjoy a full localization of my dates and use all of its validation rules and stuff!

createFromFormat works great and I’m using right now as a tweak and it’s a bit overwhelming because I have to do it for each user date input...

I tried many solutions and none are elegant. I really think it can be a great feature for both of us : Carbon, Laravel and other weird date formats :)

Thanks

[kylekatarnls]

Sorry, still don't get it. Please add code, or the code you wish and the output you expect.

[kylekatarnls]

I have to do it for each user date input

Have to do what, could you provide code please?

I close this issue for the moment. If you provide concrete code and expected result, I'll re-open it.