Not sure why I keep calling this tool nestor, it's called rector

.ci/rector.php

@@ -24,8 +24,12 @@
 declare(strict_types=1);
 
 use Rector\Config\RectorConfig;
+use Rector\EarlyReturn\Rector\If_\ChangeOrIfContinueToMultiContinueRector;
 
 return RectorConfig::configure()
+    ->withSkip([
+                   ChangeOrIfContinueToMultiContinueRector::class,
+               ])
                    ->withPaths([
 //                                   __DIR__ . '/../app',
 __DIR__ . '/../app/Http',
@@ -43,9 +47,9 @@ __DIR__ . '/../app/Http',
                        privatization: false, // leave false.
                        naming             : false, // leave false
                        instanceOf         : true,
-                       earlyReturn        : false,
+                       earlyReturn        : true,
-                       strictBooleans     : false,
+                       strictBooleans     : true,
-                       carbon             : false,
+                       carbon             : true,
                        rectorPreset       : false,
                        phpunitCodeQuality : false,
                        doctrineCodeQuality: false,
@@ -61,4 +65,5 @@ __DIR__ . '/../app/Http',
                    ->withTypeCoverageLevel(0)
                    ->withDeadCodeLevel(0)
                    ->withCodeQualityLevel(0)
+
                    ->withImportNames(removeUnusedImports: true);// import statements instead of full classes.

app/Http/Controllers/Admin/UpdateController.php

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace FireflyIII\Http\Controllers\Admin;
 
+use Carbon\Carbon;
 use FireflyIII\Helpers\Update\UpdateTrait;
 use FireflyIII\Http\Controllers\Controller;
 use FireflyIII\Http\Middleware\IsDemoUser;
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ class UpdateController extends Controller
         $channel         = in_array($channel, ['stable', 'beta', 'alpha'], true) ? $channel : 'stable';
 
         app('fireflyconfig')->set('permission_update_check', $checkForUpdates);
-        app('fireflyconfig')->set('last_update_check', time());
+        app('fireflyconfig')->set('last_update_check', Carbon::now()->getTimestamp());
         app('fireflyconfig')->set('update_channel', $channel);
         session()->flash('success', (string) trans('firefly.configuration_updated'));
 

app/Http/Controllers/Auth/LoginController.php

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace FireflyIII\Http\Controllers\Auth;
 
+use Carbon\Carbon;
 use FireflyIII\User;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cookie;
 use FireflyIII\Events\ActuallyLoggedIn;
@@ -253,7 +254,7 @@ class LoginController extends Controller
         $storeInCookie     = config('google2fa.store_in_cookie', false);
         if (false !== $storeInCookie) {
             $cookieName = config('google2fa.cookie_name', 'google2fa_token');
-            Cookie::queue(Cookie::make($cookieName, 'invalid-'.time()));
+            Cookie::queue(Cookie::make($cookieName, 'invalid-'.Carbon::now()->getTimestamp()));
         }
         $usernameField     = $this->username();
 

app/Http/Controllers/Auth/TwoFactorController.php

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace FireflyIII\Http\Controllers\Auth;
 
+use Carbon\Carbon;
 use FireflyIII\Events\Security\MFABackupFewLeft;
 use FireflyIII\Events\Security\MFABackupNoLeft;
 use FireflyIII\Events\Security\MFAManyFailedAttempts;
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ class TwoFactorController extends Controller
      */
     private function inMFAHistory(string $mfaCode, array $mfaHistory): bool
     {
-        $now = time();
+        $now = Carbon::now()->getTimestamp();
         foreach ($mfaHistory as $entry) {
             $time = $entry['time'];
             $code = $entry['code'];
@@ -149,7 +150,7 @@ class TwoFactorController extends Controller
         /** @var array $mfaHistory */
         $mfaHistory = app('preferences')->get('mfa_history', [])->data;
         $newHistory = [];
-        $now        = time();
+        $now        = Carbon::now()->getTimestamp();
         foreach ($mfaHistory as $entry) {
             $time = $entry['time'];
             $code = $entry['code'];
@@ -184,7 +185,7 @@ class TwoFactorController extends Controller
         /** @var array $mfaHistory */
         $mfaHistory   = app('preferences')->get('mfa_history', [])->data;
         $entry        = [
-            'time' => time(),
+            'time' => Carbon::now()->getTimestamp(),
             'code' => $mfaCode,
         ];
         $mfaHistory[] = $entry;

app/Http/Controllers/Export/IndexController.php

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace FireflyIII\Http\Controllers\Export;
 
+use Carbon\Carbon;
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionJournal;
 use FireflyIII\Exceptions\FireflyException;
 use FireflyIII\Http\Controllers\Controller;
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ class IndexController extends Controller
         $generator->setStart($firstDate);
         $result    = $generator->export();
 
-        $name      = sprintf('%s_transaction_export.csv', date('Y_m_d'));
+        $name      = sprintf('%s_transaction_export.csv', Carbon::now()->format('Y_m_d'));
         $quoted    = sprintf('"%s"', addcslashes($name, '"\\'));
 
         // headers for CSV file.

app/Http/Controllers/Json/RecurrenceController.php

@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ class RecurrenceController extends Controller
      */
     public function suggest(Request $request): JsonResponse
     {
-        $string      = '' === (string) $request->get('date') ? date('Y-m-d') : (string) $request->get('date');
+        $string      = '' === (string) $request->get('date') ? Carbon::now()->format('Y-m-d') : (string) $request->get('date');
         $today       = today(config('app.timezone'))->startOfDay();
 
         try {

app/Http/Controllers/PreferencesController.php

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace FireflyIII\Http\Controllers;
 
+use Carbon\Carbon;
 use JsonException;
 use function Safe\json_decode;
 use function Safe\file_get_contents;
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ class PreferencesController extends Controller
         if (is_array($fiscalYearStartStr)) {
             $fiscalYearStartStr = '01-01';
         }
-        $fiscalYearStart                = sprintf('%s-%s', date('Y'), (string) $fiscalYearStartStr);
+        $fiscalYearStart                = sprintf('%s-%s', Carbon::now()->format('Y'), (string) $fiscalYearStartStr);
         $tjOptionalFields               = Preferences::get('transaction_journal_optional_fields', [])->data;
         $availableDarkModes             = config('firefly.available_dark_modes');
 
@@ -277,7 +278,7 @@ class PreferencesController extends Controller
         $customFiscalYear  = 1 === (int) $request->get('customFiscalYear');
         $string            = strtotime((string) $request->get('fiscalYearStart'));
         if (false !== $string) {
-            $fiscalYearStart = date('m-d', $string);
+            $fiscalYearStart = Carbon::createFromTimestamp($string)->format('m-d');
             Preferences::set('customFiscalYear', $customFiscalYear);
             Preferences::set('fiscalYearStart', $fiscalYearStart);
         }

app/Http/Controllers/Profile/MfaController.php

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ declare(strict_types=1);
 
 namespace FireflyIII\Http\Controllers\Profile;
 
+use Carbon\Carbon;
 use Cookie;
 use Google2FA;
 use FireflyIII\Events\Security\DisabledMFA;
@@ -296,7 +297,7 @@ class MfaController extends Controller
         /** @var array $mfaHistory */
         $mfaHistory   = app('preferences')->get('mfa_history', [])->data;
         $entry        = [
-            'time' => time(),
+            'time' => Carbon::now()->getTimestamp(),
             'code' => $mfaCode,
         ];
         $mfaHistory[] = $entry;
@@ -313,7 +314,7 @@ class MfaController extends Controller
         /** @var array $mfaHistory */
         $mfaHistory = app('preferences')->get('mfa_history', [])->data;
         $newHistory = [];
-        $now        = time();
+        $now        = Carbon::now()->getTimestamp();
         foreach ($mfaHistory as $entry) {
             $time = $entry['time'];
             $code = $entry['code'];