New config setting datesProperty

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ We do not give estimated times for completion on `Accepted` Proposals.
 
 ---
 
+## [v9.0.1] - 2022-04-02
+
+`Added`
+
+- New config setting `datesProperty`, set to false by default, to remove the deprecated `dates` property.
+
 ## [v9.0.0] - 2022-04-02
 
 `Added`
@@ -267,7 +273,8 @@ It can work with `nightly`, but is not compatible with `hhvm`, as it uses differ
 [Accepted]: https://github.com/Triun/laravel-model-base/labels/Accepted
 [Rejected]: https://github.com/Triun/laravel-model-base/labels/Rejected
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/Triun/laravel-model-base/compare/v9.0.0...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/Triun/laravel-model-base/compare/v9.0.1...HEAD
+[v9.0.1]: https://github.com/Triun/laravel-model-base/compare/v9.0.0...v9.0.1
 [v9.0.0]: https://github.com/Triun/laravel-model-base/compare/v6.0.14...v9.0.0
 [v6.0.14]: https://github.com/Triun/laravel-model-base/compare/v6.0.13...v6.0.14
 [v6.0.13]: https://github.com/Triun/laravel-model-base/compare/v6.0.12...v6.0.13

config/model-base.php

@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@
 
  'snakeAttributes' => true,
  'dates' => true,
+ 'datesProperty' => false, // deprecated, uses the "casts" property
  'dateFormat' => null,
  'softDeletes' => true,
  // See DELETED_AT configuration.

src/Modifiers/DatesModifier.php

@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ public function apply(Skeleton $skeleton): void
  $this->setProperty($skeleton, 'dateFormat', $this->config('dateFormat'));
 
  // Check if dates is enabled in the config file
- if ($this->config('dates', true) !== true) {
+ // Notice that this property has been deprecated in Laravel 9.x
+ if (true !== $this->config('datesProperty', false)) {
  return;
  }