title: laravel form model binding - date formatting
body: <p>I have Laravel.  I have a form.  I have a MySQL database.  There are some dates in it.  When I bind the model and the form, the form is dutifully populated with raw MySQL dates.  This is obviously not what I need.  </p>
  
  <p>My question is: How do I get a model bound form to display dates in a more readable way?!?  There is not chance to intercept and format the data.  Or maybe for a more general solution, is there any way to do some proessing on any data between the model and the form, before the user sees it?</p>
  
  <p>Am I thinking of this all wrong?  A billion thanks!</p>