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laravel parse string to date

$myDate = '12/08/2020';

$date = Carbon::createFromFormat('m/d/Y', $myDate)->format('Y/m/d');

Laravel convert datetime to date

laravel convert timestamp to date
date('Y-m-d', strtotime($date));

laravel convert date to timestamp
date('Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime($date));