DatePeriod::getStartDate
PHP function
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(PHP 5 >= 5.6.5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
Gets the start date
Description
Oop
DatePeriod::getStartDate(): DateTimeInterface
Gets the start date of the period.
Parameters 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
DatePeriod::getStartDate example
php
<?php
$period = DatePeriod::createFromIso8601String('R7/2016-05-16T00:00:00Z/P1D');
$start = $period->getStartDate();
echo $start->format(DateTime::ISO8601);The above example will output:
output
2016-05-16T00:00:00+0000See Also
DatePeriod::getEndDateDatePeriod::getDateInterval