public function postOccasion() { $input = Input::all(); $name = $input['name']; //$id = $input['user_id']; $start = $input['start_time']; $end = $input['end_time']; $ts_start = Carbon::createFromTimeStamp($start); $ts_end = Carbon::createFromTimeStamp($end); $occasion = new Occasion(); $occasion->name = $name; $occasion->start = $ts_start->toDateTimeString(); $occasion->end = $ts_end->toDateTimeString(); $occasion->save(); //$occasion->users()->attach($id); return $occasion; }