PostgreSQL error witn Laravel - postgresql

Question

I'm trying to make a request and I have an error when I'm using LIKE on the created_at field.
I'm using Laravel 5.3 with Eloquent (ORM).
$date = Carbon::now();
foreach ($hours as $hour) {
$chart[$hour]['hour'] = $hour;
$chart[$hour]['allowed'] = VisitsAllowed::where('created_at', 'LIKE', Carbon::parse($date)->format('Y-m-d %'))->count();
$chart[$hour]['denied'] = VisitsDenied::where('created_at', 'LIKE', Carbon::parse($date)->format('Y-m-d %'))->count();
}
Error :
SQLSTATE[42883]: Undefined function: 7 ERROR: operator does not exist: timestamp without time zone ~~* unknown
LINE 1: ... aggregate from "visits_allowed" where "created_at" LIKE $1
^
HINT: No operator matches the given name and argument type(s). You might need to add explicit type casts. (SQL: select count(*) as aggregate from "visits_allowed" where "created_at" LIKE 2017-05-30 %)
Can someone help me to find a solution.

Answer 1

Please try this instead :
foreach ($hours as $hour) {
$chart[$hour]['hour'] = $hour;
$chart[$hour]['allowed'] = VisitsAllowed::where('created_at', '=', Carbon::parse($date)->format('Y-m-d'))->count();
$chart[$hour]['denied'] = VisitsDenied::where('created_at', '=', Carbon::parse($date)->format('Y-m-d'))->count();
}

Answer 2

Not the prettiest solution but testing if the date (say 2017-05-30) is between: yyyy-mm-dd 00:00:00 and yyyy-mm-dd 23:59:59 works.
$chart[$hour]['allowed'] = VisitsAllowed::where('created_at', '>=', Carbon::parse($date )->format('Y-m-d') . ' 00:00:00')
->where('created_at', '<=', Carbon::parse($date )->format('Y-m-d') . ' 23:59:59')
->count();
$chart[$hour]['denied'] = VisitsDenied::where('created_at', '>=', Carbon::parse($date )->format('Y-m-d') . ' 00:00:00')
->where('created_at', '<=', Carbon::parse($date )->format('Y-m-d') . ' 23:59:59')
->count();