While Laravel Eloquent class performs standard timestamp management, this script will work in ALL cases (such as migrations which are using the basic insert command). In addition, this script provides the ability to override the format being used to store timestamps.

gistfile1.txt

$dt=new DateTime;$model->created_at=$dt->format('m-d-y H:i:s');
/*
* This block of code could be added to your models (or you can create a new model which contains these and extend from your
* model. Each section will make sure the created_at and updated_at timestamp fields are updated in the database.
*/

class YourModel extends Eloquent....

public $timestamps = false;

public static function boot()  {
     
     parent::boot();

     static::creating(function($model) {
    	 $dt = new DateTime();
    	 $model->created_at = $dt->format('m-d-y H:i:s');
    	 return true;
     });

	 static::updating(function($model) {
		 $dt = new DateTime();
		 $model->updated_at = $dt->format('m-d-y H:i:s');
		 return true;
	 });
}