complete story 1.3 with qa test (please not that the previous commit msg was wrong the previous commit was story 1.2

app/Helpers/DateHelper.php

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+<?php
+
+namespace App\Helpers;
+
+use Carbon\Carbon;
+use DateTimeInterface;
+
+class DateHelper
+{
+    /**
+     * Format a date according to the current locale.
+     *
+     * Arabic: DD/MM/YYYY
+     * English: MM/DD/YYYY
+     */
+    public static function formatDate(DateTimeInterface|string|null $date, ?string $locale = null): string
+    {
+        if ($date === null) {
+            return '';
+        }
+
+        $locale = $locale ?? app()->getLocale();
+        $format = $locale === 'ar' ? 'd/m/Y' : 'm/d/Y';
+
+        return Carbon::parse($date)->format($format);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Format a time in 12-hour format with AM/PM.
+     */
+    public static function formatTime(DateTimeInterface|string|null $time, ?string $locale = null): string
+    {
+        if ($time === null) {
+            return '';
+        }
+
+        return Carbon::parse($time)->format('g:i A');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Format a datetime according to the current locale.
+     *
+     * Arabic: DD/MM/YYYY g:i A
+     * English: MM/DD/YYYY g:i A
+     */
+    public static function formatDateTime(DateTimeInterface|string|null $datetime, ?string $locale = null): string
+    {
+        if ($datetime === null) {
+            return '';
+        }
+
+        $locale = $locale ?? app()->getLocale();
+        $format = $locale === 'ar' ? 'd/m/Y g:i A' : 'm/d/Y g:i A';
+
+        return Carbon::parse($datetime)->format($format);
+    }
+}