Why

Ever wanted to show different date format on the frontend but same in Y-m-d in the db? You can easily manage date formats using DateCast. You don't need to write accessors/mutators for every field anymore.

How it works

use trait DateCast in you model class

    protected $dates_to_cast = [
        scheduled_at
    ];
    
    
    $this->scheduled_at = 04/22/2018;
    
    //this will will stored in Y-m-d format in db
    //dumping this field will results in m/d/Y format
    
    dump($this->scheduled_at)
    04/22/2018
    

Auto parse

If you want auto detect format

protected $auto_parse_dates = true;

Different format for every field

If your date format is not detectable by Carbon or you want different format for every field, you can use $dates_cast_from_formats property.

    protected $dates_cast_from_formats = [
        scheduled_at => 'd/m/Y'
    ];

Installation

composer require tkeer/date-cast 1.*