title: Laravel change date format in where clause to match Carbon::now()
body: <p>I need to select entries based on dates happening in the future and the<br>
  entries contain the date format: </p>
  
  <pre><code>12/30/17
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'm trying to format the date and compare to Carbon::now() timestamp, with no luck. </p>
  
  <pre><code>$now = \Carbon\Carbon::now();
  
  $bookings = DB::table('booking')
      -&gt;select('booking.*')
      -&gt;where('booking.uid', '=', Auth::id())
      -&gt;where(DB::raw("(DATE_FORMAT(booking.date,'%Y-%m-%d 00:00:00'))"), "&gt;=", $now)
      -&gt;get();
  </code></pre>