Store dates using Eloquent/Laravel
eloquent, laravel, mysql, php
Solution
If you are using migration then use `$table->timestamp('endTime')`, this will create a `timestamp` field by using `endTime` as it's name.
By default, Eloquent will convert the created_at, updated_at, and deleted_at columns to instances of Carbon, which provides an assortment of helpful methods, and extends the native PHP DateTime class. You may customize which fields are automatically mutated, and even completely disable this mutation, by overriding the getDates method of the model.
Add this method in your model:
public function getDates()
{
return array('created_at', 'updated_at', 'deleted_at', 'endTime');
}
`Laravel` will take care of these fields and by default each of these fields will be an instance of Carbon object. Read about date mutators. In this case all methods of `Carbon` could be used on these fields.
Problem
What's a good way of storing a date in a Eloquent Model? I'm using PHP with Laravel framework. ``` class MyModel extends Eloquent { // I want a date field here... should it be: public $endTime = ?; } ``` Should I use a integer timestamp which gets saved as an int? What's the behaviour if I use a Date object in a atributte and save that object?