Laravel Carbon plus or minute one minute for comparing time - php

Question

I am working on a notification then checks every minute for a scheduled notification. It never calls it because my now variable is in a minute format (2021-01-28 10:27) where as the database send_date is stored (2021-01-28 10:15:11)
$now = date("Y-m-d H:i", strtotime(Carbon::now()));
$notifications = Notification::get();
if($notifications !== null)
{
Log::info('Notifications are not null ' .$now); // shows in log (2021-01-28 10:27)
$notifications->where('send_date', $now)->each(function($message) {
Log::info('looking at send_date'); // never shows in log
}
}
Or is there another way of doing this, that I am not seeing?

Answer 1

$notifications = Notification::get();
if($notifications !== null)
{
Log::info('Notifications are not null ' .$now); // shows in log (2021-01-28 10:27)
$notifications->whereBetween('send_date', [Carbon::now()->subMinute()->format('Y-m-d H:i'), Carbon::now()->addMinute()->format('Y-m-d H:i')])->each(function($message) {
Log::info('looking at send_date'); // never shows in log
}
}
Reference :
whereBetween, Carbon

Answer 2

Then you could use the following way
$notifications->whereBetween('send_date', [Carbon::now()->startOfMinute(), Carbon::now()->endOfMinute()])->each(function($message) {
If you need to format the time yourself then:
$notifications->whereBetween('send_date', [Carbon::now()->startOfMinute()->format('Y-m-d H:I:s'), Carbon::now()->endOfMinute('Y-m-d H:I:s')])->each(function($message) {