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MinDate[{date1,date2,…}]

gives the earliest date of the datei.

MinDate[interval]

gives the beginning of the date interval interval.

MinDate[interval,gran]

gives the beginning of interval as specified by granularity gran.

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MinDate

MinDate[{date1,date2,…}]

gives the earliest date of the datei.

MinDate[interval]

gives the beginning of the date interval interval.

MinDate[interval,gran]

gives the beginning of interval as specified by granularity gran.

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Basic Examples  (4)

Find the first date in a list of date objects:

Find the first date in a list of dates in different forms:

Find the first timestamp of a TimeSeries object:

Find the first timestamp of a Databin object:

Properties & Relations  (2)

MinDate[data] is equivalent to the first element of DateBounds[data]:

MinDate[data] returns the earliest date in data and MaxDate[data] returns the latest date:

Wolfram Research (2020), MinDate, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MinDate.html.

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Wolfram Research (2020), MinDate, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MinDate.html.

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Wolfram Language. 2020. "MinDate." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MinDate.html.

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Wolfram Language. (2020). MinDate. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MinDate.html

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@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_mindate, author="Wolfram Research", title="{MinDate}", year="2020", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MinDate.html}", note=[Accessed: 16-August-2025]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_mindate, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={MinDate}, year={2020}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/MinDate.html}, note=[Accessed: 16-August-2025]}