How to get time in particular timezone in Laravel?

Question

I am unable to get the time for a particular timezone using Laravel 8. I have tried the following:

Carbon::now(new \DateTimeZone('Indian/Mauritius'))

I have also tried to modify the timezone in file config\app.php as follows:

'timezone' => 'Indian/Mauritius'

It is always returning me the UTC time. How to get the time using Carbon in that specific timezone?

Edits: issue solved, the problem was because of a serialization issue, check here

After update the config\app.php run these commands , --> php artisan config:cache -->php artisan cache:clear — PSA, Jul 13 '21 at 11:11
have you tried this Carbon::now()->timezone("Indian/Mauritius");? or as PSA suggested — John Lobo, Jul 13 '21 at 11:12
@JohnLobo, nopes, it doesn't work. I'm getting `"2021-07-13T11:14:39.845698Z"` while it's 15:15 in Mauritius — Noor, Jul 13 '21 at 11:15
Did you try setting `date_default_timezone_set('Indian/Mauritius');` in the boot method of your AppServiceProvider? — Aless55, Jul 13 '21 at 11:26
something doesn't add up, since that first `Carbon::now('Indian/Mauritius')` (or use the object as a param) should definitely work — Flame, Jul 13 '21 at 11:27
@Flame, yes, does it have anything to do with server time configuration? — Noor, Jul 13 '21 at 11:37
Json default output is UTC but you can explicitly call format() or any string formatter to get string with the current timezone of the instance. — KyleK, Jul 13 '21 at 11:56
I also think this timezone name is not valid sounds the abbreviation MUT is what you want. — KyleK, Jul 13 '21 at 11:59

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 13 '21 at 12:05

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This works for me:

$dateNow = \Carbon\Carbon::now();
$dateNow->setTimezone('Indian/Mauritius');

answered Jul 13 '21 at 12:05

jssDev

What do you mean? $dateNow has no value after running? – jssDev Jul 13 '21 at 12:24
no, ypur code is returning me `2021-07-13T12:32:11.585651Z` while it's 16:32 in Mauritius – Noor Jul 13 '21 at 12:32
I have tested my code, inspecting the $dateNow variable after setTimezone() and the value is correct. I'm pretty sure you mean the data value in the JSON response (which you don't mention) and the problem is in serialization. Take a look at this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60649769/wrong-timezone-in-laravel-7-after-date-serialization# – jssDev Jul 13 '21 at 12:42
you can check this by simply doing this: $dateNow = \Carbon\Carbon::now()->setTimezone('Indian/Mauritius')->toDateTimeString(); – jssDev Jul 13 '21 at 13:00
you are right, never even thought about the serialization issue – Noor Jul 13 '21 at 13:16
do you have any idea where the configuration in config/app.php isn't working – Noor Jul 13 '21 at 13:19
Yes, it should works. If you have set it up, your default Carbon object datetime should be the local hour in Mauritius (not in serialized data) – jssDev Jul 14 '21 at 07:03

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