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ee.Date.advance
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Create a new Date by adding the specified units to the given Date.
| Usage | Returns | Date.advance(delta, unit, timeZone) | Date |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: date | Date | |
delta | Float | |
unit | String | One of 'year', 'month', 'week', 'day', 'hour', 'minute', or 'second'. |
timeZone | String, default: null | The time zone (e.g., 'America/Los_Angeles'); defaults to UTC. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
// Defines a base date/time for the following examples.
var BASE_DATE = ee.Date('2020-7-1T13:00', 'UTC');
print(BASE_DATE, 'The base date/time');
// Demonstrates basic usage.
print(BASE_DATE.advance(1, 'week'), '+1 week');
print(BASE_DATE.advance(2, 'years'), '+2 years');
// Demonstrates that negative delta moves back in time.
print(BASE_DATE.advance(-1, 'second'), '-1 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)
# Defines a base date/time for the following examples.
BASE_DATE = ee.Date('2020-01-01T00:00', 'UTC')
display('The base date/time', BASE_DATE)
# Demonstrates basic usage.
display('+1 week', BASE_DATE.advance(1, 'week'))
display('+2 years', BASE_DATE.advance(2, 'years'))
# Demonstrates that negative delta moves back in time.
display('-1 second', BASE_DATE.advance(-1, 'second'))
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Last updated 2025-06-23 UTC.
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