Returns the first day of the year for a specific date or time value in Salesforce Spiff. The return format is YYYY-MM-DD. If you've specified fiscal year dates that are different from standard calendar dates, use the beginning_of_fiscal_year() function instead.
Required Editions
| Available in: both Salesforce Classic (not available in all orgs) and Lightning
Experience |
| Available in: Enterprise, Unlimited, and Developer
Editions |
| Available for an additional cost in: Professional Edition with Web
Services API Enabled |
Syntax
beginning_of_year(date_or_time)
Arguments
| Argument |
Required? |
Description |
| date_or_time |
Required |
The Date or Date & Time value to evaluate. This argument supports any date functions. |
Example
Return the first day of the year based on the current statement period's start date. This calculation changes dynamically in each period and returns the beginning of year date associated with the statement period start date.
=beginning_of_year(statement_period.start_date)
