Sample Request without startDate:

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:sjf="http://sapjarfinder.com/ws/sjf">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <sjf:getNews soapenv:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
         <startDate xsi:type="xsd:string" xsi:nil="true"/>
      </sjf:getNews>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

Sample Request with startDate:

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:sjf="http://sapjarfinder.com/ws/sjf">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soapenv:Body>
      <sjf:getNews soapenv:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">
         <startDate xsi:type="xsd:string">2008-09-11</startDate>
      </sjf:getNews>
   </soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>