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# StartOfTheYear

Return the first day of the year, given a date in this year.

## Declaration

Source position: dateutil.inc line 147

`function StartOfTheYear(`
`const AValue: TDateTime`
`):TDateTime;`

## Arguments

`AValue` |  | Date in year of which to return the start

## Function result

First day of the year as a TDateTime value.

## Description

StartOfTheYear extracts the year part of AValue and returns a TDateTime value with the date of the first day of that year (January 1), as the StartOfAYear function.

## See also

StartOfAYear |  | Return the first day of a given year.
EndOfTheYear |  | Calculate a TDateTime value representing the last day of a year, given a date in that year.
EndOfAYear |  | Calculate a TDateTime value representing the last day of a year

## Example

    Program Example24;

    { This program demonstrates the StartOfTheYear function }

    Uses SysUtils,DateUtils;

    Const
      Fmt = '"First day of this year : "dd mmmm yyyy';

    Begin
      Writeln(FormatDateTime(Fmt,StartOfTheYear(Today)));
    End.