Carbon Date startOfDay give me endOfDay date

Question

$dt = Carbon::now();
dd($dt->startOfDay(), $dt->endOfDay());

Carbon {#324 ▼
  +"date": "2017-05-15 23:59:59.000000"
  +"timezone_type": 3
  +"timezone": "Europe/Paris"
}
Carbon {#324 ▼
  +"date": "2017-05-15 23:59:59.000000"
  +"timezone_type": 3
  +"timezone": "Europe/Paris"
}

First variable is the date and hour actually, dd() function is for display content of variables.

startOfDay() method give me the same thing of the endOfDay() method...

Cordey

Can you try: $dt = Carbon::now(); $dt2 = Carbon::now(); dd($dt->startOfDay(), $dt2->endOfDay()); Just curious what the result will be. – Unship

Answer 1

Best practices to use copy() method for different date time.

$startDay = Carbon::now()->startOfDay();
$endDay   = $startDay->copy()->endOfDay();

To know more details :

http://carbon.nesbot.com/docs/

Indohittite

Thank you for your help. – Cordey

Answer 2

Have you tried to use copy() or assign to variable, and then use Carbon methods?

$dt = Carbon::now();
dd($dt->copy()->startOfDay(), $dt->copy()->endOfDay());

Don't change $dt value, only copy and then make startOfDay() or endOfDay().

Anthemion

Thank you for your help! – Cordey

No problem. Don't forget to accept one of the answers here. :) – Singlefoot

Answer 3

Sorry for the late, but someone might see this answer. The thing is when you use

dd($dt->startOfDay(), $dt->endOfDay());

it mutate $dt object that's why it shows both times as one. So make sure to copy it or clone it before use.

$dt->clone()->startOfDay();
$dt->clone()->endOfDay();

Brach