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# StartOfTheDay

The function **StartOfTheDay** returns a **TDateTime** that represents 12:00:00:00 A.M. on the day specified by **AValue**.

**Declaration**: Function StartOfTheDay(const AValue: TDateTime): TDateTime;

The example follows.

```pascal
procedure ScriptEvent(var Value:Variant);
var
  TheDate ; TDateTime;
begin
  TheDate := StartOfTheDay(Date);
  LogInfo('The start of the day date is '+FormatDateTime('dd/mm/yyyy hh:nn:ss',TheDate));
end;
```