laravel need to display only date not time using the carbon class

http://carbon.nesbot.com/docs/#api-formatting

$dt = Carbon::now();
echo $dt->toDateString(); // Equivalent: echo $dt->format('Y-m-d');

Simply use this

Carbon::today()->toDateString()

Get Today's Date in Y-m-d formta as given below,

$dt = Carbon::today()->toDateString(); // Use today to display only date

if you have used $dt = Carbon::today() only, it will return the timestamp also.