Laravel Custom Date Helper

DateHelper.php

<?php // Date Helper

namespace App\Helpers;

use Carbon\Carbon;

class DateHelper
{
    public static function parse_from_datepicker($date_raw)
    {
      $result = null;

      $date_arr = explode('/', $date_raw);
      if(count($date_arr) > 1){
          $year   = $date_arr[2];
          $month  = $date_arr[1];
          $day    = $date_arr[0];
          $result   = Carbon::create($year, $month, $day, 0, 0, 0);
      }

      return $result;
    }

    public static function datepicker($date)
    {
        if($date == null || $date == '00/00/0000') {
            return '';
        } else {
            $parsed_date = Carbon::parse($date);

            $day = $parsed_date->day;
            if($day < 10) {
                $day = '0' . $day;
            }

            $month = $parsed_date->month;
            if($month < 10) {
                $month = '0' . $month;
            }

            return $day . '/' . $month . '/' . $parsed_date->year;
        }
    }

    public static function long_format($date)
    {
        if($date == null || $date == '00/00/0000') {
            return '';
        } else {
            $parsed_date = Carbon::parse($date);
            return $parsed_date->format('d F Y');
        }
    }

    public static function time_format($date)
    {
        if($date == null || $date == '00/00/0000') {
            return '';
        } else {
            $parsed_date = Carbon::parse($date);
            return $parsed_date->format('d F Y H:i');
        }
    }
}