public function getStartDate()
    {
        if (isset($this->_gemsData['gec_startdate']) && $this->_gemsData['gec_startdate']) {
            if (! $this->_gemsData['gec_startdate'] instanceof \MUtil_Date) {
                $this->_gemsData['gec_startdate'] =
                        new \MUtil_Date($this->_gemsData['gec_startdate'], \Gems_Tracker::DB_DATE_FORMAT);
            }
            return $this->_gemsData['gec_startdate'];
        }
    }
public function getStartDate()
    {
        if (isset($this->_gemsData['gec_startdate']) && $this->_gemsData['gec_startdate']) {
            if (! $this->_gemsData['gec_startdate'] instanceof \MUtil_Date) {
                $this->_gemsData['gec_startdate'] =
                        new \MUtil_Date($this->_gemsData['gec_startdate'], \Gems_Tracker::DB_DATE_FORMAT);
            }
            return $this->_gemsData['gec_startdate'];
        }
    }
public function getStartDate ( ) { if ( isset ( $ this -> _gemsData [ 'gec_startdate' ] ) && $ this -> _gemsData [ 'gec_startdate' ] ) { if ( ! $ this -> _gemsData [ 'gec_startdate' ] instanceof \ MUtil_Date ) { $ this -> _gemsData [ 'gec_startdate' ] = new \ MUtil_Date ( $ this -> _gemsData [ 'gec_startdate' ] , \ Gems_Tracker :: DB_DATE_FORMAT ) ; } return $ this -> _gemsData [ 'gec_startdate' ] ; } }
Return the start date

@return \MUtil_Date Start date as a date or null
Return the start date