ee.Date
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Constructs a new Date object.
Usage | Returns | ee.Date(date, tz) | Date |
Argument | Type | Details | date | ComputedObject|Date|Number|String | The date to convert, one of: a number (number of milliseconds since the epoch), an ISO Date string, a JavaScript Date or a ComputedObject. |
tz | String, optional | An optional timezone only to be used with a string date. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
// Numeric inputs are interpreted as milliseconds from Unix epoch.
print(ee.Date(0)); // Date (1970-01-01 00:00:00)
// Scale factors can make numerical inputs more readable (e.g. 60 seconds).
print(ee.Date(60 * 1000)); // Date (1970-01-01 00:01:00)
// ISO 8601 date string input examples.
print(ee.Date('2020')); // Date (2020-01-01 00:00:00)
print(ee.Date('2017-6-24')); // Date (2017-06-24 00:00:00)
print(ee.Date('2017-06-24')); // Date (2017-06-24 00:00:00)
print(ee.Date('2017-6-24T00:14:46')); // Date (2017-06-24 00:14:46)
print(ee.Date('2017-06-24T23:59:59')); // Date (2017-06-24 23:59:59)
// With an optional time zone.
print(ee.Date('2020', 'US/Mountain')); // Date (2020-01-01T07:00:00)
// Convert JavaScript now to Earth Engine Date
print(ee.Date(Date.now()));
Python setup
See the
Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using
geemap
for interactive development.
import ee
import geemap.core as geemap
Colab (Python)
from datetime import datetime
# Numeric inputs are interpreted as milliseconds from Unix epoch.
print(ee.Date(0).format().getInfo()) # 1970-01-01T00:00:00
# Scale factors can make numerical inputs more readable (e.g. 60 seconds).
print(ee.Date(60 * 1000).format().getInfo()) # 1970-01-01T00:01:00
# ISO 8601 date string input examples.
print(ee.Date('2020').format().getInfo()) # 2020-01-01T00:00:00
print(ee.Date('2017-6-24').format().getInfo()) # 2017-06-24T00:00:00
print(ee.Date('2017-06-24').format().getInfo()) # 2017-06-24T00:00:00
print(ee.Date('2017-6-24T00:14:46').format().getInfo()) # 2017-06-24T00:14:46
print(ee.Date('2017-06-24T23:59:59').format().getInfo()) # 2017-06-24T23:59:59
# With an optional time zone.
print(ee.Date('2020', 'US/Mountain').format().getInfo()) # 2020-01-01T07:00:00
# Convert Python datetime.now() to Earth Engine Date
print(ee.Date(datetime.now()).format().getInfo())
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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