Fiscal period — start date

start date (FiscalPeriod.startDate) is a field stored on each fiscal period record in Chalk, the higher-education academic operations platform for curriculum, assessment, faculty, scheduling, accreditation, and budget. It holds a DateTime value and is part of the fiscal period record's data. The startDate field belongs to the fiscal period it is recorded on, so faculty, staff, and automations read or set startDate while working with that FiscalPeriod record. Because startDate is part of the FiscalPeriod record, it stays consistent with the rest of that record's data and is scoped to the tenant that owns the fiscal period.