Laravel deleted_at traits

FutureSoftDeletesScope.php

<?php
namespace App\Traits;

use Carbon\Carbon;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletingScope;

class FutureSoftDeletesScope extends SoftDeletingScope {
    public function apply(Builder $builder, Model $model)
    {
        $model = $builder->getModel();
        $builder->where(function($query) use ($model) {
            $query->where($model->getDeletedAtColumn(), '>=', Carbon::now())
            ->orWhere($model->getDeletedAtColumn(), '0000-00-00 00:00:00');
        });
        $this->extend($builder);
    }
}

FutureSoftDeletesTrait.php

<?php
namespace App\Traits;

trait FutureSoftDeletesTrait {
    public static function bootFutureSoftDeletesTrait()
    {
        static::addGlobalScope(new FutureSoftDeletesScope);
    }
}

Model.php

<?php

namespace App\Models;

use App\Traits\FutureSoftDeletesTrait;

class Publication extends Model
{

    use FutureSoftDeletesTrait;

    const DELETED_AT = 'field_name'; //This might not be required if following laravel convensions and using softDeletes in your migrations

    public function getDeletedAtColumn() {
        return defined('static::DELETED_AT') ? static::DELETED_AT : 'deleted_at';
    }
}