ee.Date.getRange

  • Date.getRange() returns a DateRange object representing the specified time unit (year, month, week, day, hour, minute, or second) that contains the input date.

  • The returned DateRange spans the entire unit of time, for example, if the input date is March 15, 2013, and the unit is 'year', the returned DateRange will be from January 1, 2013, to January 1, 2014.

  • You can optionally specify a time zone for the DateRange; if not provided, it defaults to UTC.

  • This function is useful for creating time-based filters or selecting data within specific time intervals.

 Returns a DateRange covering the unit of the specified type that contains this date, e.g., Date('2013-3-15').getRange('year') returns DateRange('2013-1-1', '2014-1-1').

UsageReturns
Date.getRange(unit, timeZone)DateRange
ArgumentTypeDetails
this: dateDate
unitStringOne of 'year', 'month', 'week', 'day', 'hour', 'minute', or 'second'.
timeZoneString, default: nullThe time zone (e.g., 'America/Los_Angeles'); defaults to UTC.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

var date = ee.Date('2021-4-30T07:15:31.24');

print('1-year date range covering input date', date.getRange('year'));
print('1-month date range covering input date', date.getRange('month'));
print('1-week date range covering input date', date.getRange('week'));
print('1-day date range covering input date', date.getRange('day'));
print('1-hour date range covering input date', date.getRange('hour'));
print('1-minute date range covering input date', date.getRange('minute'));
print('1-second date range covering input date', date.getRange('second'));

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)

date = ee.Date('2021-4-30T07:15:31.24')

display('1-year date range covering input date:', date.getRange('year'))
display('1-month date range covering input date:', date.getRange('month'))
display('1-week date range covering input date:', date.getRange('week'))
display('1-day date range covering input date:', date.getRange('day'))
display('1-hour date range covering input date:', date.getRange('hour'))
display('1-minute date range covering input date:', date.getRange('minute'))
display('1-second date range covering input date:', date.getRange('second'))