public function index() { $userCount = User::count(); $accountCount = Account::count(); $now = time(); // or your date as well $startDay = '2016-02-05'; $your_date = strtotime($startDay); $datediff = $now - $your_date; $runDay = floor($datediff / (60 * 60 * 24)); return view('admin.index', ['userCount' => $userCount, 'accountCount' => $accountCount, 'startDay' => $startDay, 'runDay' => $runDay]); }