title: Laravel4 Date based actions
body: <p>I have a Mysql Table with columns below</p>
  
  <pre><code>ID  Amount Charge_Date
  1   200    12-Apr-2015
  2   300    10-May-2015
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am trying to write code so that when date reaches today, the amount is debited in a new table. eg lets say today is 12 Apr then Rs 200 is debited to account which is a new table. </p>
  
  <p>Please help me with the idea. Should I set a Cron Job which will run everyday and check if date is today. Or is there a better way of calculating such things.</p>
  
  <p>Also need help with setting recurring events like everyday I need to calculate outstanding from a table and send email to customers.</p>