Why does the database output the date and time even though the sql data type is DATE?

Question

Laravel

I am using laravel 5.1. I display the publication date of the news like this:

<a href="#" class="news-footer_date date-news">{{ $news->created_at }}</a>

The field type "created_at" is "date"
According to the idea, it should only display the publication date, but for me it displays the publication date and time.

Outputs in this format 2016-06-07 00:00:00

Answer 1

Because it's time to stop asking questions that are answered in the documentation . Seriously, this whole doc can be read in a couple of hours.