How to parse a date string into a Carbon instance in PHP?

To parse a date string into a Carbon instance in PHP, you can use the parse() method provided by the Carbon package. Here's an example:

use Carbon\Carbon;

$dateString = "2022-08-15 14:30:00";
$carbonInstance = Carbon::parse($dateString);

// You can then use the Carbon instance as needed
echo $carbonInstance->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');

In the example above, we use the parse() method to convert the date string "2022-08-15 14:30:00" into a Carbon instance. The result is stored in the $carbonInstance variable.

You can then use the Carbon instance to format the date and time in any desired format using the format() method. In this example, we use the format 'Y-m-d H:i:s' to display the date and time in the format "2022-08-15 14:30:00".