Time travel with Dusk without pesky JavaScript

Controller.php

<?php

// update Controller.php as follows

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use App\Services\TimeTravel;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\Access\AuthorizesRequests;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Bus\DispatchesJobs;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Validation\ValidatesRequests;
use Illuminate\Routing\Controller as BaseController;

class Controller extends BaseController
{
    use AuthorizesRequests, DispatchesJobs, ValidatesRequests;

    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->middleware(function ($request, $next) {
            TimeTravel::check();
            return $next($request);
        });
    }
}

SomeDuskTest.php

// and in your Dusk tests

public function tearDown(): void
{
    TimeTravel::stop();
}

// and for each test that needs to time travel

public function testSomething()
{
    TimeTravel::to('2021-01-23');
    $this->browse(function (Browser $browser) {
       // etc
    }
}

TimeTravel.php

<?php

namespace App\Services;

use Carbon\Carbon;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;

class TimeTravel
{
    const KEY = 'time-travel.test-date';

    public static function to(string $dateTimeString)
    {
        if (! self::isPermitted()) {
            return;
        }

        Cache::set(self::KEY, $dateTimeString);
    }

    public static function stop()
    {
        if (! self::isPermitted()) {
            return;
        }

        Cache::forget(self::KEY);
        Carbon::setTestNow();
    }

    public static function check()
    {
        if (! self::isPermitted()) {
            return;
        }

        if (Cache::has(self::KEY)) {
            Carbon::setTestNow(Carbon::parse(Cache::get(self::KEY)));
        }
    }

    public static function isPermitted()
    {
        return config('app.env') === 'testing';
    }
}