Use now() helper instead of Carbon::now() for current-time access

Aligns with the app's dominant convention (413 now()/today() call
sites vs 12 Carbon::now()). Carbon::parse() calls are untouched since
they parse arbitrary date strings, not current-time access.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

app/Http/Controllers/AccountController.php

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ use App\Services\NotificationService;
 use App\Services\RelationshipService;
 use App\Services\UserFilterService;
 use App\Transformer\Api\Mastodon\v1\AccountTransformer;
-use Carbon\Carbon;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\View\View;
 use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
 use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ class AccountController extends Controller
 
         $action = $request->input('a');
         $allowed = ['like', 'follow'];
-        $timeago = Carbon::now()->subMonths(3);
+        $timeago = now()->subMonths(3);
 
         $profile = $request->user()->profile;
         $following = $profile->following->pluck('id');

app/Http/Controllers/Admin/AdminReportController.php

@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ use App\Services\NotificationService;
 use App\Services\PublicTimelineService;
 use App\Services\StatusService;
 use App\Util\ActivityPub\Helpers;
-use Carbon\Carbon;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
@@ -495,7 +494,7 @@ trait AdminReportController
     public function handleReportAction(Report $report, $action)
     {
         $item = $report->reported();
-        $report->admin_seen = Carbon::now();
+        $report->admin_seen = now();
 
         switch ($action) {
             case 'ignore':

app/Http/Controllers/Api/ApiV1Controller.php

@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ use App\Util\Lexer\PrettyNumber;
 use App\Util\Localization\Localization;
 use App\Util\Media\Filter;
 use App\Util\Media\License;
-use Carbon\Carbon;
 use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Http\Response;
@@ -2362,7 +2361,7 @@ class ApiV1Controller extends Controller
                 ->where('created_at', '>', now()->subHours(2))
                 ->find($rpid);
             if ($removeMedia) {
-                $dateTime = Carbon::now();
+                $dateTime = now();
                 MediaDeletePipeline::dispatch($removeMedia)
                     ->onQueue('mmo')
                     ->delay($dateTime->addMinutes(15));

app/Http/Controllers/Settings/SecuritySettings.php

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ use BaconQrCode\Renderer\Image\SvgImageBackEnd;
 use BaconQrCode\Renderer\ImageRenderer;
 use BaconQrCode\Renderer\RendererStyle\RendererStyle;
 use BaconQrCode\Writer;
-use Carbon\Carbon;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use PragmaRX\Google2FA\Google2FA;
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ trait SecuritySettings
         $verify = $google2fa->verifyKey($user->{'2fa_secret'}, $code);
         if ($verify) {
             $user->{'2fa_enabled'} = true;
-            $user->{'2fa_setup_at'} = Carbon::now();
+            $user->{'2fa_setup_at'} = now();
             $user->save();
 
             return response()->json(['msg' => 'success']);

app/Http/Controllers/SettingsController.php

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ use App\Models\OauthClient;
 use App\Models\ProfileSponsor;
 use App\Models\UserSetting;
 use App\Services\AccountService;
-use Carbon\Carbon;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\View\View;
 use Illuminate\Http\JsonResponse;
 use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
@@ -144,7 +143,7 @@ class SettingsController extends Controller
         ]);
 
         $profile = $user->profile;
-        $ts = Carbon::now()->addMonth();
+        $ts = now()->addMonth();
         $user->email = $user->id;
         $user->password = '';
         $user->status = 'delete';

app/Http/Middleware/DangerZone.php

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 namespace App\Http\Middleware;
 
-use Carbon\Carbon;
 use Closure;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ class DangerZone
 
                 return redirect('/i/auth/sudo');
             }
-            if ($request->session()->get('sudoMode') < Carbon::now()->subMinutes(30)->timestamp) {
+            if ($request->session()->get('sudoMode') < now()->subMinutes(30)->timestamp) {
                 $request->session()->put('redirectNext', $request->url());
 
                 return redirect('/i/auth/sudo');

app/Jobs/AvatarPipeline/AvatarOptimize.php

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ namespace App\Jobs\AvatarPipeline;
 use App\Models\Avatar;
 use App\Models\Profile;
 use App\Util\Media\ImageDriverManager;
-use Carbon\Carbon;
 use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Bus\Dispatchable;
@@ -94,7 +93,7 @@ class AvatarOptimize implements ShouldQueue
 
             $avatar = Avatar::whereProfileId($this->profile->id)->firstOrFail();
             $avatar->change_count = ++$avatar->change_count;
-            $avatar->last_processed_at = Carbon::now();
+            $avatar->last_processed_at = now();
             $avatar->save();
             Cache::forget('avatar:'.$avatar->profile_id);
             $this->deleteOldAvatar($avatar->media_path, $this->current);

app/Jobs/ImageOptimizePipeline/ImageThumbnail.php

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ namespace App\Jobs\ImageOptimizePipeline;
 
 use App\Models\Media;
 use App\Util\Media\Image;
-use Carbon\Carbon;
 use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Bus\Dispatchable;
@@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ class ImageThumbnail implements ShouldQueue
             return;
         }
 
-        $media->processed_at = Carbon::now();
+        $media->processed_at = now();
         $media->save();
 
         ImageUpdate::dispatch($media)->onQueue('mmo');

app/Jobs/ImportPipeline/ImportInstagram.php

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class ImportInstagram implements ShouldQueue
                 $min = Carbon::create(2010, 10, 6, 0, 0, 0);
                 $taken_at = Carbon::parse($import['taken_at']);
                 if (! $min->lt($taken_at)) {
-                    $taken_at = Carbon::now();
+                    $taken_at = now();
                 }
             } catch (\Exception $e) {
 
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class ImportInstagram implements ShouldQueue
             });
         }
 
-        $job->completed_at = Carbon::now();
+        $job->completed_at = now();
         $job->save();
     }
 }

app/Services/AdminStatsService.php

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ use App\Models\Report;
 use App\Models\Status;
 use App\Models\User;
 use App\Util\Lexer\PrettyNumber;
-use Carbon\Carbon;
 use DateInterval;
 use DatePeriod;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;
@@ -95,7 +94,7 @@ class AdminStatsService
 
         return Cache::remember('admin:dashboard:home:data:v0:24hr', $ttl, function () {
             return [
-                'failedjobs' => PrettyNumber::convert(FailedJob::where('failed_at', '>=', Carbon::now()->subDay())->count()),
+                'failedjobs' => PrettyNumber::convert(FailedJob::where('failed_at', '>=', now()->subDay())->count()),
                 'statuses' => PrettyNumber::convert(intval(StatusService::totalLocalStatuses())),
                 'statuses_monthly' => PrettyNumber::convert(Status::where('created_at', '>', now()->subMonth())->count()),
                 'profiles' => PrettyNumber::convert(Profile::count()),

app/Util/ActivityPub/Helpers.php

@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ class Helpers
     {
         try {
             $date = Carbon::parse($timestamp);
-            $now = Carbon::now();
+            $now = now();
             $tenYearsAgo = $now->copy()->subYears(20);
             $isMoreThanTenYearsOld = $date->lt($tenYearsAgo);
             $tomorrow = $now->copy()->addDay();