How to compare two date in laravel?

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composer require nesbot/carbon

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use IlluminateSupportCarbon;

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$date1 = Carbon::parse('2022-01-01');
$date2 = Carbon::parse('2022-01-02');

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if ($date1->eq($date2)) {
    // Dates are equal
}

if ($date1->gt($date2)) {
    // Date 1 is greater than Date 2
}

if ($date1->lt($date2)) {
    // Date 1 is less than Date 2
}

if ($date1->gte($date2)) {
    // Date 1 is greater than or equal to Date 2
}

if ($date1->lte($date2)) {
    // Date 1 is less than or equal to Date 2
}

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$diff = $date1->diff($date2);
echo $diff->days;  // Difference in days
echo $diff->h;     // Difference in hours
echo $diff->m;     // Difference in minutes