public com.google.protobuf.Timestamp getStartTime() {
        if (startTimeBuilder_ == null) {
          return startTime_ == null
              ? com.google.protobuf.Timestamp.getDefaultInstance()
              : startTime_;
        } else {
          return startTimeBuilder_.getMessage();
        }
      }
<pre>
Start time of this transfer execution.
</pre>

<code>.google.protobuf.Timestamp start_time = 4;</code>

@return The startTime.
java-storage-transfer/proto-google-cloud-storage-transfer-v1/src/main/java/com/google/storagetransfer/v1/proto/TransferTypes.java