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updatedAt: 2025-10-12T20:28:55.000Z
agentTools:
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---

# Get paydays

Returns a list of paydays and their corresponding period_start, period_end, and approval_deadline dates for the specified pay schedule. Results span one year of dates. If the payday or approval_deadline was impacted by a weekend or a bank holiday, then impacted_by_weekend_or_holiday will be true, otherwise false.

# OpenAPI definition

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        "summary": "Get paydays",
        "description": "Returns a list of paydays and their corresponding period_start, period_end, and approval_deadline dates for the specified pay schedule. Results span one year of dates. If the payday or approval_deadline was impacted by a weekend or a bank holiday, then impacted_by_weekend_or_holiday will be true, otherwise false.",
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          {
            "name": "start",
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            "description": "Return paydays on or after this date.",
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                      "payday": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "example": "2024-05-09"
                      },
                      "period_start": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "example": "2024-04-16"
                      },
                      "period_end": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "example": "2024-05-01"
                      },
                      "approval_deadline": {
                        "type": "string",
                        "example": "2024-05-03"
                      },
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