Always modify returned values from laravel model

So I have a model, Post that has no methods defined within it.

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

use DB;

class Post extends Model
{

}

From a controller, I make calls to that model like:

return view('pages.post', ['post' => Post::where('url_route', '=', $url_route)->first()]

This works fine, but I now want to format the date column that is returned from that request, every time that model is called. Is there a way to modify the returned array without defining a new method?

I am new to Laravel to thanks for the help. Just trying to figure out the most efficient way of doing things within the framework...

via Chebli Mohamed