DatePeriod
PHP Manual

DatePeriod::getStartDate

Gets the start date

Description

Object oriented style

public DateTimeInterface DatePeriod::getStartDate ( void )

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
  • DatePeriod::getDateInterval