---
title: "Time Interval Helpers in Laravel 12.40"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/time-interval-helpers-in-laravel-12-40-dhq29xirg
source_url: https://laravel-news.com/laravel-12-40-0
type: article
source: "Laravel News"
published: 2025-11-26T14:11:23.447Z
updated: 2025-11-26T14:11:51.127Z
tags: ["php", "laravel"]
reading_time: 4
upvotes: 33
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Time Interval Helpers in Laravel 12.40

**[Laravel News](https://daily.dev/sources/ln)** · 4 min read · 33 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Laravel 12.40.0 introduces new time interval helper functions for working with dates (seconds, minutes, hours, days, years) and Carbon methods (plus/minus). The release adds the ability to schedule tasks on specific days of the month using daysOfMonth(), an encoding validation rule for uploaded files, and commands to pause and resume queue workers. Additional improvements include Redis cluster fixes, type hint enhancements, and various bug fixes for cache, sessions, and routing components.

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