title: Does PHP's date() method have any preconfigured date formats?
body: <p>Do I really have to go look at the reference sheet every time I want to format a date?</p>
  <p>Why not have something like 'S' map to some typical format, like yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm am/pm</p>
  <p>It seems like a common format, why not just map it to something like 'S'?</p>
  <p>Does this exist somewhere in PHP or Laravel? If it does, I haven't been able to find it.</p>