public com.google.type.Date getStartDate() {
      if (startDateBuilder_ == null) {
        return startDate_ == null ? com.google.type.Date.getDefaultInstance() : startDate_;
      } else {
        return startDateBuilder_.getMessage();
      }
    }
<pre>
The date from which report generation should start.
UTC time zone.
</pre>

<code>.google.type.Date start_date = 2;</code>

@return The startDate.
java-storageinsights/proto-google-cloud-storageinsights-v1/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/storageinsights/v1/FrequencyOptions.java