Laravel LangCountry V3

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Date/time helpers ​

Below you can find all the date/time helpers that are available in this package through the LangCountry facade.

Only numbers ​

Returns a date string with only numbers and the separator that is used in the country. You should provide a Carbon instance.

php
// When the lang_country session is "nl-NL"
LangCountry::dateNumbers($post->created_at); // Will return "27-09-2023"

// When the lang_country session is "en-US"
LangCountry::dateNumbers($post->created_at); // Will return "09/27/2023"

// When the lang_country session is "de-DE"
LangCountry::dateNumbers($post->created_at); // Will return "27.09.2023"

Only numbers (string format) ​

Returns a string format representation with only numbers and the separator that is used in the country.

php
// When the lang_country session is "nl-NL"
LangCountry::dateNumbersFormat(); // Will return "d-m-Y"

// When the lang_country session is "en-US"
LangCountry::dateNumbersFormat(); // Will return "m/d/Y"

// When the lang_country session is "de-DE"
LangCountry::dateNumbersFormat(); // Will return "d.m.Y"

Only numbers full capital (string format) ​

Returns a string format representation with only capitals, a lot of javascript dates electors use this format.

php
// When the lang_country session is "nl-NL"
LangCountry::dateNumbersFullCapitalFormat(); // Will return "DD-MM-YYYY"

// When the lang_country session is "en-US"
LangCountry::dateNumbersFullCapitalFormat(); // Will return "MM/DD/YYYY"

// When the lang_country session is "de-DE"
LangCountry::dateNumbersFullCapitalFormat(); // Will return "DD.MM.YYYY"

Only words, without day ​

Returns a date string with only words and without the day. You should provide a Carbon instance.

php

// When the lang_country session is "nl-NL"
LangCountry::dateWordsWithoutDay($post->created_at); // Will return "27 september 2023"

// When the lang_country session is "en-US"
LangCountry::dateWordsWithoutDay($post->created_at); // Will return "September 27th 2023"

// When the lang_country session is "fr-FR"
LangCountry::dateWordsWithoutDay($post->created_at); // Will return "27 septembre 2023"

Only words, without day (string format) ​

Returns a string format representation with only words and without the day.

php
// When the lang_country session is "nl-NL"
LangCountry::dateWordsWithoutDayFormat(); // Will return "j F Y"

// When the lang_country session is "en-US"
LangCountry::dateWordsWithoutDayFormat(); // Will return "F jS Y"

// When the lang_country session is "de-DE"
LangCountry::dateWordsWithoutDayFormat(); // Will return "j F Y"

Only words, with day ​

Returns a date string with only words and with the day. You should provide a Carbon instance.

php
// When the lang_country session is "nl-NL"
LangCountry::dateWordsWithDay($post->created_at); // Will return "woensdag 27 september 2023"

// When the lang_country session is "en-US"
LangCountry::dateWordsWithDay($post->created_at); // Will return "Wednesday September 27th 2023"

// When the lang_country session is "fr-FR"
LangCountry::dateWordsWithDay($post->created_at); // Will return "mercredi 27 septembre 2023"

Only words, with day (string format) ​

Returns a string format representation with only words and with the day.

php
// When the lang_country session is "nl-NL"
LangCountry::dateWordsWithDayFormat(); // Will return "l j F Y"

// When the lang_country session is "en-US"
LangCountry::dateWordsWithDayFormat(); // Will return "l F jS Y"

// When the lang_country session is "de-DE"
LangCountry::dateWordsWithDayFormat(); // Will return "l j F Y"

Add time to dates and date strings ​

If you would like to add a time to a date string, you can use the withTime method. This method will add the time to the date string. It is a chainable method, you call it before the date format method. It will work in combination with these date format methods:

  • dateNumbersFormat
  • dateNumbers
  • dateWordsWithoutDayFormat
  • dateWordsWithoutDay
  • dateWordsWithDayFormat
  • dateWordsWithDay
  • dateNumbersFullCapitalsFormat
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// When the lang_country session is 'en-US'
LangCountry::withTime()->dateNumbersFormat(); // Will return "m/d/Y"
LangCountry::withTime()->dateNumbers($post->created_at); // Will return "09/27/2023 01:05 pm"
LangCountry::withTime()->dateWordsWithoutDayFormat(); // Will return "F jS Y h:i a"
LangCountry::withTime()->dateWordsWithoutDay($post->created_at); // Will return "September 27th 2023 01:05 pm"
LangCountry::withTime()->dateWordsWithDayFormat(); // Will return "l F jS Y h:i a"
LangCountry::withTime()->dateWordsWithDay($post->created_at); // Will return "Wednesday September 27th 2023 01:05 pm"
LangCountry::withTime()->dateNumbersFullCapitalsFormat(); // Will return "MM/DD/YYYY h:i a"

Birthday ​

Returns a birthday string representation that is used in the country. You should provide a Carbon instance.

php
// When the lang_country session is "nl-NL"
LangCountry::dateBirthday($user->date_of_birth); // Will return "27 september"

// When the lang_country session is "en-US"
LangCountry::dateBirthday($user->date_of_birth); // Will return "September 27th"

Birthday (string format) ​

Returns a birthday string format representation that is used in the country.

php
// When the lang_country session is "nl-NL"
LangCountry::dateBirthdayFormat(); // Will return "j F"

// When the lang_country session is "en-US"
LangCountry::dateBirthdayFormat(); // Will return "F jS"

Time ​

Returns a time string representation that is used in the country. You should provide a Carbon instance.

php
// When the lang_country session is "nl-NL"
LangCountry::time($post->created_at); // Will return "12:00"

// When the lang_country session is "en-US"
LangCountry::time($post->created_at); // Will return "12:00 pm"

// When the lang_country session is "fr-FR"
LangCountry::time($post->created_at); // Will return "12:00"

TIP

You can pass a second argument to override the lang_country. This can be helpful in some cases where you don't want to use the current lang_country that is stored in the session.

Time (string format) ​

Returns a time string format representation that is used in the country.

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// When the lang_country session is "nl-NL"
LangCountry::timeFormat(); // Will return "H:i"

// When the lang_country session is "en-US"
LangCountry::timeFormat(); // Will return "h:i a"

// When the lang_country session is "fr-FR"
LangCountry::timeFormat(); // Will return "H:i"