Parse a date string, given a string describing its format.
| Usage | Returns | ee.Date.parse(format, date, timeZone) | Date |
| Argument | Type | Details | format | String | A pattern, as described at http://joda-time.sourceforge.net/apidocs/org/joda/time/format/DateTimeFormat.html. |
date | String | A string matching the given pattern. |
timeZone | String, default: null | The time zone (e.g., 'America/Los_Angeles'); defaults to UTC. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
print(ee.Date.parse('YYYY MM dd', '2021 4 30'));
print(ee.Date.parse('YYYY-MM-dd', '2021-4-30'));
print(ee.Date.parse('YYYY/MM/dd', '2021/4/30'));
print(ee.Date.parse('MM/dd/YY', '4/30/21'));
print(ee.Date.parse('MMM. dd, YYYY', 'Apr. 30, 2021'));
print(ee.Date.parse('YYYY-MM-dd HH:mm:ss', '2021-4-30 00:00:00'));
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(ee.Date.parse('YYYY MM dd', '2021 4 30'))
display(ee.Date.parse('YYYY-MM-dd', '2021-4-30'))
display(ee.Date.parse('YYYY/MM/dd', '2021/4/30'))
display(ee.Date.parse('MM/dd/YY', '4/30/21'))
display(ee.Date.parse('MMM. dd, YYYY', 'Apr. 30, 2021'))
display(ee.Date.parse('YYYY-MM-dd HH:mm:ss', '2021-4-30 00:00:00'))