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startofday ​

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

Syntax ​

startofday( Date, Offset )

Arguments ​

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

Returns ​

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

Example ​

This example returns 1641081600:

print dayStart = startofday( datetime(2022-01-01 10:10:17), 1 )