What is the use of nextStartDate in Salesforce?

Starting from the specified target date returns the next date when business hours are open.

If the specified target date falls within business hours, this target date is returned.

Let say, you have specified the hours when your support team is available to serve your customers.

And there is Case open outside the business hours then what will be nextStartDate of your Business Hours? See below...

Syntax:

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public static Datetime nextStartDate(String businessHoursId, Datetime targetDate)

The following example I am using System.Today() as a  target date.

Sample Apex Code:

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// Get the default business hours

BusinessHours busshrs = [SELECT Id FROM BusinessHours WHERE IsDefault = true];

// If it is within the business hours. The returned time will be in the local time zone

Datetime nextStart = BusinessHours.nextStartDate(busshrs.id, System.today());

System.debug('Next Business Hours Start Date is => ' + nextStart);

Example/Use Case:

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Business hours for your Salesforce Org are 9 AM to 6 PM. So there are 2 results based on below:

1. If you execute the above code within the business hours, then it will return today's date.

2. If you execute the above code outside the business hours, then it will return next open business date.

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