convertToDateObject($utc_date); return $utc_date->setTimezone(new \DateTimeZone($timezone)); } /** * Converts from client timezone to UTC * @param datetime object $utc_date * @param string $timezone ie Australia/Sydney * @return Carbon Carbon object */ public function createUtcDate($client_date) { if(is_string($client_date)) $client_date = $this->convertToDateObject($client_date); return $client_date->setTimezone(new \DateTimeZone('GMT')); } /** * Formats a date * @param Carbon/String $date Carbon object or date string * @param string $format The date display format * @return string The formatted date */ public function formatDate($date, string $format) :string { if(is_string($date)) $date = $this->convertToDateObject($date); return $date->format($format); } /** * Formats a date * @param Carbon/String $date Carbon object or date string * @param string $format The date display format * @return string The formatted date */ public function formatDateTimestamp($timestamp, string $format) :string { return Carbon::createFromTimestamp($date)->format($format); } private function convertToDateObject($date) { return new \DateTime($date); } }