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title: 'You can use the date helper on the Request class to retrieve a value as a Carbon instance'
tweet_id: '1487081926103945217'
thread_slug: weekly-thread-2022-04
author_username: mmartin_joo
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created_at: 2022-01-28T15:15:34+00:00
slug: you-can-use-the-date-helper-on-the-request-class-to-retrieve-a-value-as-a-carbon-instance
---
💡There's a really helpful date helper on the Request class.

You can retrieve a value as a Carbon instance: