# Subscription: how can I retrieve the day in which the subscriber subscribed for the first time?

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**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** subscriptions-api\
**Created:** [February 11, 2023, 1:02am UTC](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/subscription-how-can-i-retrieve-the-day-in-which-the-subscriber-subscribed-for-the-first-time/8532 "2023-02-11T01:02:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![axme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ba0ec/32.png) [@axme](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/u/axme)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 1:02am UTC](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/subscription-how-can-i-retrieve-the-day-in-which-the-subscriber-subscribed-for-the-first-time/8532/1 "2023-02-11T01:02:46Z")

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Hi,

I want to check for the date in which a user had subscribed to plan for the first time.

Example:  
I subscribed on 15th of November  
I get charged on 15th of December  
I get charged again on the 15th of January

When I retrieve a subscription I get the “start\_date” but that is the start day of the current billing period (e.g. 15th of January) or is that the 15th of November?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Bryan-Square](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/square/forums/user_avatar/developer.squareup.com/bryan-square/32/38_2.png) [@Bryan-Square](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/u/Bryan-Square)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 1:07am UTC](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/subscription-how-can-i-retrieve-the-day-in-which-the-subscriber-subscribed-for-the-first-time/8532/2 "2023-02-11T01:07:30Z")

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What’s your application ID and the `subscription_id`. The `created_at` should definitely be in the response from the Subscriptions API. 🙂

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**Author:** ![axme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ba0ec/32.png) [@axme](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/u/axme)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 1:16am UTC](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/subscription-how-can-i-retrieve-the-day-in-which-the-subscriber-subscribed-for-the-first-time/8532/3 "2023-02-11T01:16:06Z")

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Oh, it’s created\_at (I did not know it was that one)!! Got it, that appears in the response.

Subscription ID: 01251523-3221-42a1-865e-dd2a730560a2  
App ID: sq0idp-8kztSVgh4k2MrA47TAO\_XA

Creeated at is created\_at 2023-02-11T01:54:44+01:00

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**Author:** ![Bryan-Square](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/square/forums/user_avatar/developer.squareup.com/bryan-square/32/38_2.png) [@Bryan-Square](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/u/Bryan-Square)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/subscription-how-can-i-retrieve-the-day-in-which-the-subscriber-subscribed-for-the-first-time/8532/4 "2023-02-11T01:17:46Z")

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Yep, that’s the one you want to use. 🙂