The date on which the period starts. The start dates counts as part of the period. For invoices that charge for services or items delivered over a time period is necessary to be able to state the start date of the period for which the invoice relates such as for metered services and subscriptions.

Cardinality
1..1
Namespace
cbc urn:oasis:names:specification:ubl:schema:xsd:CommonBasicComponents-2
Example value
2013-01-06
Rules
Identifier/Error message Flag
BII2-T10-R023
Each invoice period information MUST have an invoice period start date
fatal