ChargePeriodStart
Charge Period Start · Cost and Usage dataset
- Feature level
- Mandatory
- Data type
- Date/Time
- Allows nulls
- No
- Column type
- Dimension
What it is
Charge Period Start represents the inclusive start bound of a charge period. For example, a time period where Charge Period Start is '2024-01-01T00:00:00Z' and Charge Period End is '2024-01-02T00:00:00Z' includes charges for January 1 since Charge Period Start represents the inclusive start bound, but does not include charges for January 2 since Charge Period End represents the exclusive end bound.
Requirements (4)
Verbatim from the specification. These are the statements the validator checks against.
- ChargePeriodStart MUST be of type Date/Time.
- ChargePeriodStart MUST conform to DateTimeFormat requirements.
- ChargePeriodStart MUST NOT be null.
- ChargePeriodStart MUST be the inclusive start bound of the effective period of the charge.
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