Parse Next or Previous hours

[caiodounis]

Hello,

It would be nice to use a parse() notation like next 3am or maybe coming 3am to get the coming time it will be 3am. It would help me in the case when I want to set a countdown.

For example, instead of writing:

if(Carbon::now() > Carbon::parse('3am')){
	return Carbon::parse('tomorrow 3am');
}
else{
	return Carbon::parse('3am');
}

I'd write only:

return Carbon::parse('next 3am');

Thanks!

[kylekatarnls]

Hi @caiodounis, it's planned for 2.20:
#1681

Not yet fully specified but it should allow such operations in one call.

[kylekatarnls]

This exact syntax will be available on 2.20, I close this issue, you can review the PR #1746 if you have some remarks about the implementation.