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Nepali Date for Carbon

Introduction

This is a powerful package that extends Laravel's Carbon to support Nepali (Bikram Sambat) dates. It provides an elegant way to convert between Gregorian (AD) and Nepali (BS) calendar systems, format dates in Nepali, and display dates in Nepali language.

Features

• 🔄 Seamless conversion between AD and BS dates
• 🔢 Support for Nepali date formats
• 🇳🇵 Nepali language translation for dates
• 🧩 Extends Carbon - use all existing Carbon functionality
• ⚡ Easy to use with Laravel's existing date handling

Requirements

• PHP 8.2+
• Laravel 12+

Installation

Install the package via Composer:

composer require akashpoudelnp/nepali-date-carbon

Documentation

Basic Usage

Converting AD to BS

You can convert any Carbon instance to a Nepali Date:

use Carbon\Carbon;

// Convert current date to BS
$nepaliDate = now()->convertToBS();
echo $nepaliDate->format('Y-m-d'); // "2080-12-15"

// Convert a specific date to BS
$date = Carbon::parse('2023-05-15');
$nepaliDate = $date->convertToBS();
echo $nepaliDate->format('Y F d'); // "2080 Jestha 01"

Converting BS to AD

You can also convert a Nepali Date back to a Gregorian Date:

use Carbon\Carbon;

// Convert current BS date to AD
$gregorianDate = now()->createFromBS($year, $month, $day);
echo $gregorianDate->format('Y-m-d'); // "2023-05-15"

Formatting Nepali Dates

You can format Nepali dates using the format method:

$nepaliDate = now()->convertToBS();
echo $nepaliDate->format('Y F d'); // "2080 Jestha 01"
echo $nepaliDate->format('l, F j, Y'); // "Saturday, Jestha 01, 2080"

Date Formatting

The format method supports standard Carbon date formatting options, but with Nepali date formats. Here are some common format characters you can use:

• Y: Year (4 digits)
• F: Full month name
• d: Day of the month (2 digits)
• l: Full name of the day of the week
• j: Day of the month without leading zeros
• D: Short day name
• m: Month number (2 digits)
• n: Month number without leading zeros
• g: Hour in 12-hour format without leading zeros
• G: Hour in 24-hour format without leading zeros
• h: Hour in 12-hour format with leading zeros
• H: Hour in 24-hour format with leading zeros
• i: Minutes with leading zeros
• s: Seconds with leading zeros

Localization

The package supports Nepali language localization. You can pass the $isNepali parameter to the format method or convertToBS to get the date in Nepali language:

$nepaliDate = now()->convertToBS(
    format: 'Y-m-d',
    inNepali: true // Or use can use app()->isLocale('ne') to check if the app locale is Nepali
);
echo $nepaliDate; // "२०८०-१२-१५"

Testing

To run the tests, use the following command:

composer test

Contributing

We welcome contributions to this package! Please read our contributing guidelines for details on how to get started.

License

This package is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.

Credits

• Aakash Poudel - Package Author
• Laravel - The framework this package extends
• Carbon - The date library this package extends
• Contributors - All the amazing people who have contributed to this project