How to globally set the default date output in Laravel 5?

Question

I remember well when I used the Laravel 4 that it was possible to convert globally the formats of created_at and updated_at, for display in JSON replies or even in direct call {{ $model->created_at }}.

I’d do it this way:

# app/global.php

Carbon\Carbon::setToStringFormat('d/m/Y H:i');

So every time I called the method Response::json or Model::toJson(), the dates were converted to the above format.

But now that hasn’t happened. Generally, I use a method called getCreatedAtBrAttribute to get the dates with the formatting. I also reached the extreme of using the MomentJs to convert these dates by Javascript.

But now I want a solution in Laravel himself.

Is there any way in Orange 5 to make all dates have a default format when they are called as string?

Answer 1

Write over the method serializeDate() aggregated by the trait Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Concerns\HasAttributes in their models.

You can do this by extending your models from an abstract class AbstractModel extending the class Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model or still following Laravel’s own practice of offering this in a trait of his own (such as SerializesDateAttributes) and use it on models where necessary.

Answer 2

you can set a mutator as well (as long as you are using the Date or Datetime types):

protected $casts = [
    'created_at' => 'datetime:Y-m-d h:i:s',
];

Take a look at this link, do not know which version of Laravel 5 you are using, but from 5.6 this is already available