Laravel Carbon Subtract Months from Date Example

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You can subtract months on current date using carbon in laravel 6, laravel 7, laravel 8, laravel 9, laravel 10 and laravel 11 version.

If you need to subtract month or more months in date then you can use carbon in laravel. carbon provide subMonth() and subMonths() method to subtract months on carbon date object. so let's see some examples to adding month and months and sub month and months from date.

Let's see example:

Example 1: Sub Month

<?php
  
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
  
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Carbon\Carbon;
  
class SignaturePadController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Write code on Method
     *
     * @return response()
     */
    public function index()
    {
        $currentDateTime = Carbon::now();
        $newDateTime = Carbon::now()->subMonth();
   
        print_r($currentDateTime);
        print_r($newDateTime);
    }
}

Output

Carbon\Carbon Object
(
    [date] => 2020-11-05 04:32:50.651145
    [timezone_type] => 3
    [timezone] => UTC
)
Carbon\Carbon Object
(
    [date] => 2020-10-04 04:32:50.651151
    [timezone_type] => 3
    [timezone] => UTC
)

Example 2: Sub Months

<?php
  
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
  
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Carbon\Carbon;
  
class SignaturePadController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Write code on Method
     *
     * @return response()
     */
    public function index()
    {
        $currentDateTime = Carbon::now();
        $newDateTime = Carbon::now()->subMonths(5);
  
        print_r($currentDateTime);
        print_r($newDateTime);
    }
}

Output

Carbon\Carbon Object
(
    [date] => 2020-11-05 04:29:51.651667
    [timezone_type] => 3
    [timezone] => UTC
)
Carbon\Carbon Object
(
    [date] => 2020-06-31 04:29:51.651673
    [timezone_type] => 3
    [timezone] => UTC
)

Example 3: Add Month

<?php
  
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
  
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Carbon\Carbon;
  
class SignaturePadController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Write code on Method
     *
     * @return response()
     */
    public function index()
    {
        $currentDateTime = Carbon::now();
        $newDateTime = Carbon::now()->addMonth();
             
        print_r($currentDateTime);
        print_r($newDateTime);
    }
}

Output

Carbon\Carbon Object
(
    [date] => 2020-11-05 04:29:35.435461
    [timezone_type] => 3
    [timezone] => UTC
)
Carbon\Carbon Object
(
    [date] => 2020-12-05 04:29:35.435474
    [timezone_type] => 3
    [timezone] => UTC
)

Example 4: Add Months

<?php
  
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
  
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Carbon\Carbon;
  
class SignaturePadController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Write code on Method
     *
     * @return response()
     */
    public function index()
    {
        $currentDateTime = Carbon::now();
        $newDateTime = Carbon::now()->addMonths(5);
             
        print_r($currentDateTime);
        print_r($newDateTime);
    }
}

Output

Carbon\Carbon Object
(
    [date] => 2020-11-05 04:29:35.435461
    [timezone_type] => 3
    [timezone] => UTC
)
Carbon\Carbon Object
(
    [date] => 2021-05-10 04:29:35.435474
    [timezone_type] => 3
    [timezone] => UTC
)

I hope it can help you...