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ejklock/laravel-timezone
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Timezone storage and retrieval for Laravel

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Laravel Timezone
================

[](#laravel-timezone)

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An easy way to set a timezone for a user in your application and then show date/times to them in their local timezone.

How does it work
----------------

[](#how-does-it-work)

This package listens for the `\Illuminate\Auth\Events\Login` event and will then automatically set a `timezone` on your `user` model (stored in the database).

This package uses the [torann/geoip](http://lyften.com/projects/laravel-geoip/doc/) package which looks up the users location based on their IP address. The package also returns information like the users currency and users timezone. [You can configure this package separately if you require](#custom-configuration).

How to use
----------

[](#how-to-use)

You can show dates to your user in their timezone by using

```
{{ Timezone::convertToLocal($post->created_at) }}
```

Or use our nice blade directive

```
@displayDate($post->created_at)
```

[More examples below](#examples)

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Pull in the package using Composer

```
composer require jamesmills/laravel-timezone

```

Publish database migrations

```
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="JamesMills\LaravelTimezone\LaravelTimezoneServiceProvider" --tag=migrations

```

Run the database migrations. This will add a `timezone` column to your `users` table.

```
php artisan migrate

```

Examples
--------

[](#examples)

### Showing date/time to the user in their timezone

[](#showing-datetime-to-the-user-in-their-timezone)

Default will use the format `jS F Y g:i:a` and will not show the timezone

```
{{ Timezone::convertToLocal($post->created_at) }}

// 4th July 2018 3:32:am
```

If you wish you can set a custom format and also include a nice version of the timezone

```
{{ Timezone::convertToLocal($post->created_at, 'Y-m-d g:i', true) }}

// 2018-07-04 3:32 New York, America
```

### Using blade directive

[](#using-blade-directive)

Making your life easier one small step at a time

```
@displayDate($post->created_at)

// 4th July 2018 3:32:am
```

And with custom formatting

```
@displayDate($post->created_at, 'Y-m-d g:i', true)

// 2018-07-04 3:32 New York, America
```

### Saving the users input to the database in UTC

[](#saving-the-users-input-to-the-database-in-utc)

This will take a date/time, set it to the users timezone then return it as UTC in a Carbon instance.

```
$post = Post::create([
    'publish_at' => Timezone::convertFromLocal($request->get('publish_at')),
    'description' => $request->input('description'),
]);
```

Custom Configuration
--------------------

[](#custom-configuration)

Publishing the config file is optional.

```
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="JamesMills\LaravelTimezone\LaravelTimezoneServiceProvider" --tag=config
```

### Flash Messages

[](#flash-messages)

When the timezone has been set, we display a flash message, By default, is configured to use Laravel default flash messaging, here are some of the optional integrations.

[laracasts/flash](https://github.com/laracasts/flash) - `'flash' => 'laracasts'`

[mercuryseries/flashy](https://github.com/mercuryseries/flashy) - `'flash' => 'mercuryseries'`

[spatie/laravel-flash](https://github.com/spatie/laravel-flash) - `'flash' => 'spatie'`

[mckenziearts/laravel-notify](https://github.com/mckenziearts/laravel-notify) - `'flash' => 'mckenziearts'`

[usernotnull/tall-toasts](https://github.com/usernotnull/tall-toasts) - `'flash' => 'tall-toasts'`

To override this configuration, you just need to change the `flash` property inside the configuration file `config/timezone.php` for the desired package. You can disable flash messages by setting `'flash' => 'off'`.

### Overwrite existing timezones in the database

[](#overwrite-existing-timezones-in-the-database)

By default, the timezone will be overwritten at each login with the current user timezone. This behavior can be restricted to only update the timezone if it is blank by setting the `'overwrite' => false,` config option.

### Default Format

[](#default-format)

By default, the date format will be `jS F Y g:i:a`. To override this configuration, you just need to change the `format` property inside the configuration file `config/timezone.php` for the desired format.

### Lookup Array

[](#lookup-array)

This lookup array configuration makes it possible to find the remote address of the user in any attribute inside the Laravel `request` helper, by any key. Having in mind when the key is found inside the attribute, that key will be used. By default, we use the `server` attribute with the key `REMOTE_ADDR`. To override this configuration, you just need to change the `lookup` property inside the configuration file `config/timezone.php` for the desired lookup.

### User Message

[](#user-message)

You may configure the message shown to the user when the timezone is set by changing the `message` property inside the configuration file `config/timezone.php`

### Underlying GeoIp Package

[](#underlying-geoip-package)

If you wish to customise the underlying `torann/geoip` package you can publish the config file by using the command below.

```
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Torann\GeoIP\GeoIPServiceProvider" --tag=config
```

Changelog
---------

[](#changelog)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information what has changed recently.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details.

License
-------

[](#license)

This package is 100% free and open-source, under the MIT license. Use it however you want.

This package is [Treeware](https://treeware.earth). If you use it in production, then we ask that you [**buy the world a tree**](https://plant.treeware.earth/jamesmills/laravel-timezone) to thank us for our work. By contributing to the Treeware forest you’ll be creating employment for local families and restoring wildlife habitats.

Issues
------

[](#issues)

If you receive a message like `This cache store does not support tagging` this is because the `torann/geoip` package requires a caching driver which supports tagging and you probably have your application set to use the `file` cache driver. You can [publish the config file](#custom-configuration) for the `torann/geoip` package and set `'cache_tags' => null,` to solve this. [Read more about this issue here](https://github.com/jamesmills/laravel-timezone/issues/4#issuecomment-494648925).

###  Health Score

38

—

LowBetter than 84% of packages

Maintenance49

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity73

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 68.8% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~98 days

Recently: every ~316 days

Total

26

Last Release

374d ago

PHP version history (3 changes)1.0.0PHP >=7

1.8.1PHP >=7.1

1.10.0PHP >=7.4

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