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https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35565964/datetimecreatefromformat-and-incomplete-dates

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<?php
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| STORE NEW EVENT
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
public function store( EventDateRequest $request ) {

    $event = new Event;

    // Name is optional
    if ( $request->has('event_name') )
        $event->event_name = $request->event_name ;

    $event->event_date   = $this->formatPublishedAt( $request->event_date );
    $event->published_at = $this->formatPublishedAt( $request->published_at ) ;
    $event->is_active    = $request->is_active;

    $event->save() ;

    Session::flash('success', 'Event Created successfully');
    return redirect()->back() ;
}


/*
|--------------------------
| FORMAT DATE FOR DB
|--------------------------
*/
public function formatPublishedAt( $value ) {
    $date = new \DateTime( $value );
    return $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s') ;
}

Will be converted to DB compatible format for storage