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title: startDateLifetime
slug: startdatelifetime
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createdAt: 2022-08-03T17:26:02.000Z
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### Start Date (Lifetime)

Similar to [tenureLifetime](docId\:nXIlRF3Qcl3z99b7CVOmW), this returns the "original" start date for a Person started at the organization, or `null` for open jobs. This will look for the date of the first time the person was hired into the organization

- **Label: **Start date (Lifetime)
- **Code name**: `startDateLifetime`
- **Sensitivity**: Org Public
- **Data type**: [Date](https://docs.charthop.com/carrot-reference/xTAQ-date)
- **Data category**: Structure
- **Entity type:** People
- **Read only:** No