---
title: distantPast
framework: foundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Property
path: foundation/date/distantpast
---

# distantPast

A date value representing a date in the distant past.

## Declaration

```swift
static let distantPast: Date
```

## Discussion

Discussion The distant past is in terms of centuries.

## See Also

### Getting Temporal Boundaries

- [distantFuture](foundation/date/distantfuture.md)