Use Fluent Date Validation Rule Helpers in Laravel 12.44

use Illuminate\Validation\Rule;

$request->validate([
    // Must be strictly in the past
    'logged_at' => [
        'required',
        Rule::date()->past(),
    ],

    // Must be strictly in the future
    'scheduled_at' => [
        Rule::date()->future(),
    ],

    // Must be current timestamp or past
    'completed_at' => [
        Rule::date()->nowOrPast(),
    ],

    // Must be current timestamp or future
    'expires_at' => [
        Rule::date()->nowOrFuture(),
    ],

    // Standard date-time format builder (Y-m-d H:i:s)
    'published_at' => [
        Rule::dateTime(),
    ],
]);