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title: 'Be careful about setting timezones with Carbon'
tweet_id: '1499806898136117248'
thread_slug: weekly-thread-2022-09
author_username: freekmurze
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created_at: 2022-03-04T18:00:04+00:00
slug: be-careful-about-setting-timezones-with-carbon
---
❗️⏰ When working with Carbon/timezones, you should be aware that setting the timezone during construction is not the same as altering the timezone later. 👍