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DatePeriod::getStartDate

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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+0000

See Also

  • DatePeriod::getEndDate
  • DatePeriod::getDateInterval

Source: reference/datetime/dateperiod/getstartdate.xml · from the official PHP manual (php/doc-en)