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Cannot format Carbon date

I am having trouble formatting a Carbon date.

Here is my code: 

use Carbon\Carbon;

$datePosted = Carbon::now();
$datePosted->toRssString();


DB::table('entries')->insert(
    array('body' => $request->body,
          'date_posted' => $datePosted)
);

According to this website, toRssString() should format the date as Thu, 26 Oct 2017 20:09:59 -0500. However it is being put into the database in this format 2017-10-26 20:09:59

Can anybody tell me what is wrong?

Solution

  • You need to assign result to some variable and then pass it:

    $result = $datePosted->toRssString();

    Or you can do it directly in array:

    array('body' => $request->body,
      'date_posted' => $datePosted->toRssString())