diff --git a/src/utilities/get/get_series_start_date.m b/src/utilities/get/get_series_start_date.m
index 4597519ac5fff415eddbc54b01c206bf2183d3a0..d34ced34a7dc20b5aff52ed53ad5b55ec28b0561 100644
--- a/src/utilities/get/get_series_start_date.m
+++ b/src/utilities/get/get_series_start_date.m
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ function series_start_date = get_series_start_date(frequency, original_period)
 
 date_ext = regexp(original_period, '\d*', 'Match');
 switch frequency
+    case 'daily'
+        series_start_date = original_period;
     case 'monthly'
         series_start_date = [date_ext{1} 'M' regexprep(date_ext{2},'\<0*','')];
     case 'quarterly'
@@ -98,3 +100,18 @@ end
 %$
 %$ T = all(t);
 %@eof:4
+
+%@test:5
+%$ try
+%$     str = get_series_start_date('daily','1997-01-01');
+%$     t(1) = true;
+%$ catch
+%$     t(1) = false;
+%$ end
+%$
+%$ if t(1)
+%$     t(2) = dassert(str, '1997-01-01');
+%$ end
+%$
+%$ T = all(t);
+%@eof:5
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