[#BloombergLP-bbldc-CalendarDateRangeDayCountAdapter-firstDate] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/bbldc.adoc[bbldc]::xref:BloombergLP/bbldc/CalendarDateRangeDayCountAdapter.adoc[CalendarDateRangeDayCountAdapter]::firstDate :relfileprefix: ../../../ :mrdocs: Return a reference providing non‐modifiable access to `calendar.firstDate()` for the `calendar` provided at construction. Note that this value is the earliest date in the valid range of this day‐count convention adaptation. == Synopsis Declared in `<bbldc_calendardaterangedaycountadapter.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- virtual xref:BloombergLP/bdlt/Date.adoc[bdlt::Date] const& firstDate() const override; ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#