Method isFuture returns an incorrect result about carbon

[kylekatarnls]

Hello,

Which timezone are you on? Because we are the 29th now in most places in the world. So maybe you just need to specify the timezone you want:

Carbon::parse('2024-02-29', '-13:00')->isFuture()

is true now, but anything less than -12:00 would be accurately false now.

For the record, it's binary past or future, there is no present and 2024-02-29 stands for 2024-02-29 00:00:00.000000, Carbon objects (like DateTime) are not representing a period but always an exact moment as you can see if you do:

Carbon::parse('2024-02-29')->format('Y-m-d H:i:s.u e')

You would see what the exact date-time and timezone that the object represents.

[kylekatarnls]

Documentation of the method explicitly state reference point is now, not Today, and examples using hours demonstrates the granularity of it:

Determines if the instance is in the future, ie. greater (after) than now.

Example:

Carbon::now()->addHours(5)->isFuture(); // true
Carbon::now()->subHours(5)->isFuture(); // false

Side note, you can easily exclude Today as a special case:

$february29Midnight = Carbon::parse('2024-02-29');

if ($february29Midnight->isToday()) {
  echo 'Happily working 1 more day this year :D';
} elseif ($february29Midnight->isFuture()) {
  echo "It's still after Today";
} else {
  echo "It's before Today";
}

[Brenneisen]

Never mind. I thought today was 28.02. I'm sorry.