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PHP 8.2 - Unexpected Behavior with DateTime and Timezone in Carbon Library

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I recently switched to I'm experiencing an unexpected behavior when using the Carbon library for date manipulation in PHP 8.2... I have a situation where I need to set the timezone explicitly for my date objects, but it seems that the timezone conversion is not being applied correctly. Here’s what I have tried: ```php use Carbon\Carbon; // Set the default timezone to UTC date_default_timezone_set('UTC'); $date = Carbon::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s', '2023-10-01 15:00:00', 'UTC'); // Now I want to convert this date to 'America/New_York' $convertedDate = $date->setTimezone('America/New_York'); echo $convertedDate->toDateTimeString(); // Expected output: 2023-10-01 11:00:00 ``` Instead of getting `2023-10-01 11:00:00`, I am getting `2023-10-01 15:00:00`. It seems like the timezone conversion is not happening as expected. I’ve verified that the timezone database is up-to-date and that the Carbon library is at the latest version (2.58). I also tried using `Carbon::now()` with the timezone set, but it behaves the same way. I’ve checked the documentation and everything seems to be in order. The date appears to retain the original timezone instead of getting converted. Is there something I might be missing here regarding how Carbon handles timezones in PHP 8.2? Any insights on best practices for handling timezones with Carbon would be greatly appreciated.