Laravel Carbon date diffInDays() on string error

Question

I need to find the difference between the two dates. Say i have 2017-02-01 - 2017-01-01. The number of days between the two days is the output

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Answer 1

Not tested but try this:

$formatted_dt1=Carbon::parse($a->date);
$formatted_dt2=Carbon::parse($c->dt);
$date_diff=$formatted_dt1->diffInDays($formatted_dt2);