Carbon - get first day of month

Question

I am using carbon but trying to get the first day of the month so I can run a report from the beginning of the month till the current day.

    $date = [
        'start' => new \Carbon\Carbon('last month'),
        'end' => new \Carbon\Carbon('today')
    ];

The above code will show todays date back to same date in the previous month. But I want to get from the 1st to now.

Is there an easy way to do this like I am above? Cant find anything in the docs.

score 161 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 29 '15 at 00:33

161

You can use following function

$start = Carbon::now()->startOfMonth();
$end = Carbon::now();

answered Jul 29 '15 at 00:33

19

Just a reminder, if you want time as `00:00:00`, this is the perfect answer. otherwise, @Narendrasingh 's answer is more friendly :) – Jinzhao Huo Jun 26 '17 at 13:18

score 106 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 14 '20 at 11:48

106

Try as

$start = new Carbon('first day of this month');

If you already have Carbon object and want to find first day of month for that object you can try as,

$startDate = Carbon::now(); //returns current day
$firstDay = $startDate->firstOfMonth();

edited Jun 14 '20 at 11:48

Kusal Dissanayake

answered Jun 03 '15 at 08:43

2

Bingo, knew there would be something but my head wasn't thinking simple enough. – Lovelock Jun 03 '15 at 08:44
was waiting for the timer :) – Lovelock Jun 03 '15 at 09:14
I tried correcting the typo $startDate/$startDay but stackoverflow doesn't allow edits with less than 6 characters... oh well. no drama – jaumebalust Apr 02 '20 at 10:35

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Feb 20 '23 at 11:46

1

Example:

Carbon::now()->format('Y-m-01')
// 2023-02-01

Carbon::now()->format('Y-m-t')
// 2023-02-28

edited Feb 20 '23 at 11:46

Ying-Shan Lin

answered Feb 15 '23 at 15:53

albin thomas

3 Answers3