In this post, I’ll show you how to change date formats in Laravel 12. Whether you're displaying a date in Blade, formatting it in a controller, or working with Carbon, I'll walk you through each method step by step. It's simple, clean, and beginner-friendly.

When working with dates in Laravel, you’ll often need to change the format — for example, from 2025-04-05 to 05 April, 2025. Laravel makes it easy with built-in tools like Carbon and Eloquent.

How to Change Date Format in Laravel 12

 

Carbon is already included in Laravel. You can use it like this in your controller.

use Carbon\Carbon;

public function showDate()
{
    $originalDate = '2025-04-05';
    $formattedDate = Carbon::parse($originalDate)->format('d M Y');
    
    return $formattedDate; // Output: 05 Apr 2025
}

More Formats:

Carbon::parse($originalDate)->format('d-m-Y'); // 05-04-2025
Carbon::parse($originalDate)->format('F j, Y'); // April 5, 2025
Carbon::parse($originalDate)->format('Y/m/d'); // 2025/04/05

 

If you have a model with a created_at or updated_at field, format it like this:

$post = Post::find(1);
$formatted = $post->created_at->format('d M Y'); 

echo $formatted; // 05 Apr 2025

 

You can format a model’s date directly in your Blade file:

<p>{{ $post->created_at ? $post->created_at->format('d M Y') : '-' }}</p>

 

If you want to format the date every time, create an accessor in your model:

// In Post.php model
public function getFormattedDateAttribute()
{
    return $this->created_at->format('d M Y');
}

Then in your Blade:

<p>{{ $post->formatted_date }}</p>

 

Want to format today’s date:

$today = Carbon::now()->format('l, d F Y'); // Output: Saturday, 05 April 2025

 

Here is your common date format.

Format	Output Example
d-m-Y	05-04-2025
Y-m-d	2025-04-05
d M Y	05 Apr 2025
F j, Y	April 5, 2025
l, d F Y	Saturday, 05 April 2025

 

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