How to display current date in laravel 5.1

i am new in laravel . need help how to display current date in laravel 5.1 ..? this is my form page:

<div class="col-sm-6 padding-5px">
                                <div class="form-group">
                                    <div class="col-xs-12"> 
                                        {!! Form::label('dato','date here', array('class' => 'control-label')) !!}
                                        {!! Form::text('dato',Carbon\Carbon::today()->format('d.m.Y'),array('class'=>'form-control datepicker','data-date-format'=>'dd.mm.yyyy','readonly'=>'true')) !!}

                                </div>
                                </div> 
                            </div>

via Chebli Mohamed