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Laravel strongly uses the carbon library for date and time management, but there is a package that extends carbon to make it better with local chains.

Jenssegers / Date has already been downloaded more than a million times, so for those who do not yet know, really recommended.

Easy installation

1. Execute the order::

composer require jenssegers/date

2. Add “use” instructions wherever you want to use it

use Jenssegers\Date\Date;

3. Continue and use it::

// First - let's set the locale, to Spanish for example
Date::setLocale('es');

echo Date::now()->format('l j F Y H:i:s'); 
// lunes 16 abril 2018 00:06:16

echo Date::parse('-2 day')->timespan(); 
// 2 dias

echo Date::now()->subDays(10)->subMinutes(10)->timespan(); 
// 1 semana, 3 días, 10 minutos

My favorite feature is to convert the local text to the date date:

$date = Date::createFromFormat('l d F Y', 'lunes 9 abril 2018');

But be careful with this – if your date text is not recognized, you will see this:

InvalidArgumentException
A textual month could not be found.

So I would advise to use pass::

try {
    $date = Date::createFromFormat('l d F Y', 'lunes 9 appril 2018');
    echo $date->timespan();
} catch (\InvalidArgumentException $exception) {
    echo 'Could not recognize the date';
}

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