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<h1 class="refname">DatePeriod::getStartDate</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5 >= 5.6.5, PHP 7)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">DatePeriod::getStartDate</span> — <span class="dc-title">
Gets the start date
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<p class="para">Object oriented style</p>
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<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type"><a href="class.datetimeinterface.html" class="type DateTimeInterface">DateTimeInterface</a></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>DatePeriod::getStartDate</strong></span>
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Gets the start date of the period.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">This function has no parameters.</p>
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<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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Returns a <a href="class.datetimeimmutable.html" class="classname">DateTimeImmutable</a> <span class="type"><a href="language.types.object.html" class="type object">object</a></span>
when the <a href="class.dateperiod.html" class="classname">DatePeriod</a> is initialized with a
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as the <code class="parameter">start</code> parameter.
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Returns a <a href="class.datetime.html" class="classname">DateTime</a> <span class="type"><a href="language.types.object.html" class="type object">object</a></span>
otherwise.
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<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="methodname"><strong>DatePeriod::getStartDate()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$period </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">DatePeriod</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'R7/2016-05-16T00:00:00Z/P1D'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$start </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$period</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">getStartDate</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$start</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">format</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">DateTime</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">ISO8601</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output:</p></div>
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2016-05-16T00:00:00+0000
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<li class="member"><span class="methodname"><a href="dateperiod.getenddate.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DatePeriod::getEndDate()</a> - Gets the end date</span></li>
<li class="member"><span class="methodname"><a href="dateperiod.getdateinterval.html" class="methodname" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DatePeriod::getDateInterval()</a> - Gets the interval</span></li>
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