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startofyear

The startofyear function returns the start of the year containing the date, shifted by an offset, if provided.

Syntax

    startofyear( Date, Offset )

Arguments

  • Date: The input date.
  • Offset: An optional number of offset years from the input date (integer, default - 0).

Returns

A datetime representing the start of the year for the given Date value, with the offset, if specified.

Example

| project yearStart = startofyear(datetime(2022-09-01 10:10:17), 1) returns as 1672531200