Carbon - A simple PHP API extension for DateTime.

echo Carbon::now()->tzName;                        // UTC
$first = Carbon::create(2012, 9, 5, 23, 26, 11);
$second = Carbon::create(2012, 9, 5, 20, 26, 11, 'America/Vancouver');

echo $first->toDateTimeString();                   // 2012-09-05 23:26:11
echo $first->tzName;                               // UTC
echo $second->toDateTimeString();                  // 2012-09-05 20:26:11
echo $second->tzName;                              // America/Vancouver

var_dump($first->equalTo($second));                // bool(false)
// equalTo is also available on CarbonInterval and CarbonPeriod
var_dump($first->notEqualTo($second));             // bool(true)
// notEqualTo is also available on CarbonInterval and CarbonPeriod
var_dump($first->greaterThan($second));            // bool(false)
// greaterThan is also available on CarbonInterval
var_dump($first->greaterThanOrEqualTo($second));   // bool(false)
// greaterThanOrEqualTo is also available on CarbonInterval
var_dump($first->lessThan($second));               // bool(true)
// lessThan is also available on CarbonInterval
var_dump($first->lessThanOrEqualTo($second));      // bool(true)
// lessThanOrEqualTo is also available on CarbonInterval

$first->setDateTime(2012, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0);
$second->setDateTime(2012, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0);         // Remember tz is 'America/Vancouver'

var_dump($first->equalTo($second));                // bool(false)
var_dump($first->notEqualTo($second));             // bool(true)
var_dump($first->greaterThan($second));            // bool(false)
var_dump($first->greaterThanOrEqualTo($second));   // bool(false)
var_dump($first->lessThan($second));               // bool(true)
var_dump($first->lessThanOrEqualTo($second));      // bool(true)

// All have short hand aliases and PHP equivalent code:

var_dump($first->eq($second));                     // bool(false)
var_dump($first->equalTo($second));                // bool(false)
var_dump($first == $second);                       // bool(false)

var_dump($first->ne($second));                     // bool(true)
var_dump($first->notEqualTo($second));             // bool(true)
var_dump($first != $second);                       // bool(true)

var_dump($first->gt($second));                     // bool(false)
var_dump($first->greaterThan($second));            // bool(false)
var_dump($first->isAfter($second));                // bool(false)
var_dump($first > $second);                        // bool(false)

var_dump($first->gte($second));                    // bool(false)
var_dump($first->greaterThanOrEqualTo($second));   // bool(false)
var_dump($first >= $second);                       // bool(false)

var_dump($first->lt($second));                     // bool(true)
var_dump($first->lessThan($second));               // bool(true)
var_dump($first->isBefore($second));               // bool(true)
var_dump($first < $second);                        // bool(true)

var_dump($first->lte($second));                    // bool(true)
var_dump($first->lessThanOrEqualTo($second));      // bool(true)
var_dump($first <= $second);                       // bool(true)