Carbon Formatting Carbon Format

$dt = Carbon::create(1975, 12, 25, 14, 15, 16);

var_dump($dt->toDateTimeString() == $dt);          // bool(true) => uses __toString()
echo $dt->toDateString();                          // 1975-12-25
echo $dt->toFormattedDateString();                 // Dec 25, 1975
echo $dt->toTimeString();                          // 14:15:16
echo $dt->toDateTimeString();                      // 1975-12-25 14:15:16
echo $dt->toDayDateTimeString();                   // Thu, Dec 25, 1975 2:15 PM

// ... of course format() is still available
echo $dt->format('l jS \\of F Y h:i:s A');         // Thursday 25th of December 1975 02:15:16 PM

// The reverse hasFormat method allows you to test if a string looks like a given format
var_dump(Carbon::hasFormat('Thursday 25th December 1975 02:15:16 PM', 'l jS F Y h:i:s A')); // bool(true)