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I was able to accomplish like this, although not sure if correct way to do in Laravel 5.4?<br />
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<pre><code id="code-20-42219668-1">public function store(){
        $trip = new Trip;
        $trip-&gt;tripName = request('tripName');
        $trip-&gt;departing = date('Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime(request('departing')));
        $trip-&gt;returning = date('Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime(request('returning')));
        $trip-&gt;save();

        return $trip;
    }</code></pre>
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I was able to accomplish like this, although not sure if correct way to do in Laravel 5.4?



public function store(){
        $trip = new Trip;
        $trip->tripName = request('tripName');
        $trip->departing = date('Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime(request('departing')));
        $trip->returning = date('Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime(request('returning')));
        $trip->save();

        return $trip;
    }

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I'm trying to figure out what the correct way is to modify a date format before inserting when using Laravel 5.4.<br />
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I have:<br />

<pre><code id="code-10-29044707-1">public function store(){

        $trip = new Trip;
        $trip-&gt;tripName = request('tripName');
        $trip-&gt;departing = request('departing');
        $trip-&gt;returning = request('returning');
        $trip-&gt;save();

        return $trip;

        //return redirect('/home');
    }</code></pre>
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My database mySQL field in datetime, but the date that's passed in the variable is '07/17/2017 3:20 PM'. &nbsp;How/where would I update that before insertion?
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I'm trying to figure out what the correct way is to modify a date format before inserting when using Laravel 5.4.

I have:
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My database mySQL field in datetime, but the date that's passed in the variable is '07/17/2017 3:20 PM'.  How/where would I update that before insertion?

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