[12.x] feat: add now methods to Date rule (#58059)

* feat: add now methods to Date rule

* formatting

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Co-authored-by: Taylor Otwell <taylor@laravel.com>

Author: calebdw

src/Illuminate/Validation/Rule.php

@@ -184,6 +184,14 @@ public static function date()
         return new Date;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get a datetime rule builder instance.
+     */
+    public static function dateTime(): Date
+    {
+        return (new Date)->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get an email rule builder instance.
      *

src/Illuminate/Validation/Rules/Date.php

@@ -64,6 +64,38 @@ public function todayOrAfter(): static
         return $this->afterOrEqual('today');
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Ensure the date is in the past.
+     */
+    public function past(): static
+    {
+        return $this->before('now');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Ensure the date is in the future.
+     */
+    public function future(): static
+    {
+        return $this->after('now');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Ensure the date is now or in the past.
+     */
+    public function nowOrPast(): static
+    {
+        return $this->beforeOrEqual('now');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Ensure the date is now or in the future.
+     */
+    public function nowOrFuture(): static
+    {
+        return $this->afterOrEqual('now');
+    }
+
     /**
      * Ensure the date is before the given date or date field.
      */