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Hi Team,
In the why not Airflow blog it says
More confusingly, the `execution_date` is not interpreted by Airflow as the start time of the DAG, but rather the _end of an interval_ capped by the DAG’s start time.
I believe execution_date in Airflow is the start time of the schedule interval?

Hi <@U01DCDJAT1A>,
It looks like `execution_date` refers to the _logical_ date and time for the DAG run - not necessarily the start time <https://airflow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/concepts.html#execution-date|according to the Airflow docs>. Either way, it doesn't seem too straightforward...