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DatePeriod::getStartDate

(PHP 5 >= 5.6.5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

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 = DatePeriod::createFromIso8601String('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

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https://www.php.net/manual/en/dateperiod.getstartdate.php