---
name: "missionStart"
type: command
status: ok
groups: ["Mission Information"]
arma3_since: "0.50"
locality: {"argument": null, "effect": null, "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/missionStart
revid: 329154
updated: 2022-07-25T12:25:22Z
---

# missionStart

*Command · Mission Information · Arma 3 v0.50 · introduced in Operation Flashpoint v1.80*

## Description

Returns date and time when mission started. Because this command returns the time of the actual start of the mission, it might not be available in *pre-init* or *init*, but is guaranteed to be available in *post-init* when `time > 0`.

## Syntax

```sqf
missionStart
```

**Returns:** [Array](../topics/Array.md) format `[year, month, day, hour, minute, second]` in multiplayer, which differs from [date](../commands/date.md) format only by seconds. In SP returns `[0,0,0,0,0,0]`

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
setDate (missionStart select [0,5]);
```

### Example 2

Set real date:

```sqf
//postInit = 1;
if (isServer) then
{
    waitUntil { time > 0 };
    setDate (missionStart select [0, 5]);
};
```

## Multiplayer

Command only has the desired return value in multiplayer.

## See also

[date](../commands/date.md) · [time](../commands/time.md) · [dayTime](../commands/dayTime.md) · [serverTime](../commands/serverTime.md) · [setDate](../commands/setDate.md) · [systemTime](../commands/systemTime.md) · [systemTimeUTC](../commands/systemTimeUTC.md)

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — missionStart](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/missionStart) (revision 329154).</sub>