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DatePeriod::getStartDate

(PHP 5 >= 5.6.5, PHP 7)

DatePeriod::getStartDate — Gets the start date

Description

Object oriented style

public DatePeriod::getStartDate ( ) : DateTimeInterface

Gets the start date of the period.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns a DateTimeImmutable object when the DatePeriod is initialized with a DateTimeImmutable object as the start parameter.

Returns a DateTime object otherwise.

Examples

Example #1 DatePeriod::getStartDate() example

<?php$period = new DatePeriod('R7/2016-05-16T00:00:00Z/P1D');$start = $period->getStartDate();echo $start->format(DateTime::ISO8601);?>

The above example will output:

2016-05-16T00:00:00+0000

See Also

• DatePeriod::getEndDate() - Gets the end date
• DatePeriod::getDateInterval() - Gets the interval