startOfYear

Modified on Thu, 24 Aug 2023

Description

Use this function to obtain the start of a year for the given date. The result will be in the local timezone.

Syntax

startOfYear(date)

Returns

Return ValueDescription
DateReturns a Date object representing the start of the year for the given date in the local timezone.

Sample

ExampleResultDescription
startOfYear(2023-04-09)2023-01-01Returns the start of the year for April 9, 2023, in the local timezone (January 1st, 2023).

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