How can I get this text with the ID? : <p>Hello I have this code in HTML :</p>

<pre><code>&lt;td id="t_startdate"&gt;2019-04-29 00:00&lt;/td&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>And I would like to get <code>2019-04-29 00:00</code> using jquery I tried this :</p>

<pre><code>var start = $('#t_startdate');
</code></pre>

<p>But when I try to show the variable start with :</p>

<pre><code>alert(start);
</code></pre>

<p>I get <code>undefined</code></p>

<p>Could you help me please ?</p>

<p>Thank you !</p>
