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ee.Date.fromYMD
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Returns a Date given year, month, day.
| Usage | Returns | ee.Date.fromYMD(year, month, day, timeZone) | Date |
| Argument | Type | Details | year | Integer | The year, 2013, for example. |
month | Integer | The month, 3, for example. |
day | Integer | The day, 15, for example. |
timeZone | String, default: null | The time zone (e.g., 'America/Los_Angeles'); defaults to UTC. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
print('Date with default UTC',
ee.Date.fromYMD(2021, 4, 30));
print('Date with time zone specified',
ee.Date.fromYMD(2021, 4, 30, 'America/Los_Angeles'));
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)
display('Date with default UTC:', ee.Date.fromYMD(2021, 4, 30))
display(
'Date with time zone specified:',
ee.Date.fromYMD(2021, 4, 30, 'America/Los_Angeles')
)
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Last updated 2024-07-13 UTC.
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