From 6af02f38d1ee7219e01fd6aa38e11f191686cc3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nyan Lynn Htut <lynnhtut87@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 18:40:53 +0630
Subject: [PATCH] [5.5] Added timezone param for now and today helpers (#20716)

* added timezone param for now and today helpers

* Update v5.5 changelog
---
 CHANGELOG-5.5.md                      |  1 +
 src/Illuminate/Foundation/helpers.php | 10 ++++++----
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG-5.5.md b/CHANGELOG-5.5.md
index 051d120ebdc5..afc6471375ee 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG-5.5.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG-5.5.md
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@
 - Support multiple patterns in `Str::is()` ([#20108](https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/20108))
 - Speed up `Arr::get()` calls without dot notations ([#20139](https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/20139))
 - Use `report()` helper in `mix()` ([#20603](https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/20603), [bf0cb82](https://github.com/laravel/framework/commit/bf0cb82a8990d99a0ed504c2fa6684b1c59c9d7e))
+- Added `now()` and `today()` helpers ([#3c888b6](https://github.com/laravel/framework/commit/3c888b6c7b89c3d3f90e9024ffbebed3ee80bd23))
 
 ### Localization
 - ⚠️ Moved `LoaderInterface` to contracts ([#20460](https://github.com/laravel/framework/pull/20460))
diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/helpers.php b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/helpers.php
index ae5512e46cf9..496bcdff9864 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Foundation/helpers.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Foundation/helpers.php
@@ -586,11 +586,12 @@ function mix($path, $manifestDirectory = '')
     /**
      * Create a new Carbon instance for the current time.
      *
+     * @param  \DateTimeZone|string|null $tz
      * @return \Illuminate\Support\Carbon
      */
-    function now()
+    function now($tz = null)
     {
-        return Carbon::now();
+        return Carbon::now($tz);
     }
 }
 
@@ -823,11 +824,12 @@ function storage_path($path = '')
     /**
      * Create a new Carbon instance for the current date.
      *
+     * @param  \DateTimeZone|string|null $tz
      * @return \Illuminate\Support\Carbon
      */
-    function today()
+    function today($tz = null)
     {
-        return Carbon::today();
+        return Carbon::today($tz);
     }
 }