# Carbon [](https://packagist.org/packages/nesbot/carbon) [](https://packagist.org/packages/nesbot/carbon) [](https://github.com/briannesbitt/Carbon/actions) [](https://codecov.io/github/briannesbitt/Carbon?branch=master) [](https://tidelift.com/subscription/pkg/packagist-nesbot-carbon?utm_source=packagist-nesbot-carbon&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=readme) An international PHP extension for DateTime. [https://carbon.nesbot.com](https://carbon.nesbot.com) ```php <?php use Carbon\Carbon; printf("Right now is %s", Carbon::now()->toDateTimeString()); printf("Right now in Vancouver is %s", Carbon::now('America/Vancouver')); //implicit __toString() $tomorrow = Carbon::now()->addDay(); $lastWeek = Carbon::now()->subWeek(); $nextSummerOlympics = Carbon::createFromDate(2016)->addYears(4); $officialDate = Carbon::now()->toRfc2822String(); $howOldAmI = Carbon::createFromDate(1975, 5, 21)->age; $noonTodayLondonTime = Carbon::createFromTime(12, 0, 0, 'Europe/London'); $internetWillBlowUpOn = Carbon::create(2038, 01, 19, 3, 14, 7, 'GMT'); // Don't really want this to happen so mock now Carbon::setTestNow(Carbon::createFromDate(2000, 1, 1)); // comparisons are always done in UTC if (Carbon::now()->gte($internetWillBlowUpOn)) { die(); } // Phew! Return to normal behaviour Carbon::setTestNow(); if (Carbon::now()->isWeekend()) { echo 'Party!'; } // Over 200 languages (and over 500 regional variants) supported: echo Carbon::now()->subMinutes(2)->diffForHumans(); // '2 minutes ago' echo Carbon::now()->subMinutes(2)->locale('zh_CN')->diffForHumans(); // '2分钟前' echo Carbon::parse('2019-07-23 14:51')->isoFormat('LLLL'); // 'Tuesday, July 23, 2019 2:51 PM' echo Carbon::parse('2019-07-23 14:51')->locale('fr_FR')->isoFormat('LLLL'); // 'mardi 23 juillet 2019 14:51' // ... but also does 'from now', 'after' and 'before' // rolling up to seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years $daysSinceEpoch = Carbon::createFromTimestamp(0)->diffInDays(); ``` [Get supported nesbot/carbon with the Tidelift Subscription](https://tidelift.com/subscription/pkg/packagist-nesbot-carbon?utm_source=packagist-nesbot-carbon&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=readme) ## Installation ### With Composer ``` $ composer require nesbot/carbon ``` ```json { "require": { "nesbot/carbon": "^2.16" } } ``` ```php <?php require 'vendor/autoload.php'; use Carbon\Carbon; printf("Now: %s", Carbon::now()); ``` ### Without Composer Why are you not using [composer](https://getcomposer.org/)? Download the Carbon [latest release](https://github.com/briannesbitt/Carbon/releases) and put the contents of the ZIP archive into a directory in your project. Then require the file `autoload.php` to get all classes and dependencies loaded on need. ```php <?php require 'path-to-Carbon-directory/autoload.php'; use Carbon\Carbon; printf("Now: %s", Carbon::now()); ``` ## Docs [https://carbon.nesbot.com/docs](https://carbon.nesbot.com/docs) ## Security contact information To report a security vulnerability, please use the [Tidelift security contact](https://tidelift.com/security). 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