Convert raw query into laravel eloquent - laravel

Question

I have this written and working as a raw SQL query, but I am trying to convert it to a more Laravel eloquent / query builder design instead of just a raw query.
My table structure like this:
Table One (Name model)
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| id | name |
|------------|
| 1 | bob |
| 2 | jane |
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Table Two (Date Model)
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| id | table_1_id | date |
|-------------------------------|
| 1 | 1 | 2000-01-01 |
| 2 | 1 | 2000-01-31 |
| 4 | 1 | 2000-02-28 |
| 5 | 1 | 2000-03-03 |
| 6 | 2 | 2000-01-03 |
| 7 | 2 | 2000-01-05 |
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I am returning only the the highest (most recent) dates from table 2 (Dates model) that match the user bob from table 1 (Name model).
For instance, in the example above, I return this from my query
2000-01-31
2000-02-28
2000-03-03
Here is what I am doing now (which works), but i'm just not sure how to use YEAR, MONTH and MAX with laravel.
DB::select(
DB::raw("
SELECT MAX(date) as max_date
FROM table_2
INNER JOIN table_1 ON table_1.id = table_2.table_1_id
WHERE table_1.name = 'bob'
GROUP BY YEAR(date), MONTH(date)
ORDER BY max_date DESC
")
);

Answer 1

Try this code if any problem then,
DB::table('table_1')->join('table_2', 'table_1.id','=','table_2.table_1_id')
->select(DB::raw('MAX(date) as max_date'),DB::raw('YEAR(date) year, MONTH(date) month'),'table_1.name')
->where('name','bob')
->groupBy('year','month')
->orderBy('max_date')
->get();
If any problem with above code then feel free to ask.