RainbowStats™ · Statistics commands

BEG_DATE

Return the beginning observation date.

Syntax

BEG_DATE(series)

Example or template

BEG_DATE(INDPRO)

Details

Requires a single series and calls getBeginDate. Date outputs are NumberOperator values in YYYYMMDD form. Ties and missing observations retain the installed series implementation’s behavior.

Model validation and rendering follow the installed implementation. Object placeholders such as DENSITY refer to variables you supply.