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ee.DateRange.intersects
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Returns true if the given DateRange has at least one point in common with this DateRange.
| Usage | Returns | DateRange.intersects(other) | Boolean |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: dateRange | DateRange | |
other | DateRange | |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
// A series of ee.DateRange objects.
var dateRange1 = ee.DateRange('2017-06-24', '2017-07-24');
var dateRange2 = ee.DateRange('2017-06-30', '2018-07-10');
var dateRange3 = ee.DateRange('1970-06-24', '1971-07-24');
var dateRange4 = ee.DateRange('2017-06-25', '2017-07-25');
// Determine if an ee.DateRange intersects another.
print('Does dateRange1 contain dateRange2?', dateRange1.intersects(dateRange2));
print('Does dateRange1 contain dateRange3?', dateRange1.intersects(dateRange3));
print('Does dateRange1 contain dateRange4?', dateRange1.intersects(dateRange4));
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)
# A series of ee.DateRange objects.
date_range_1 = ee.DateRange('2017-06-24', '2017-07-24')
date_range_2 = ee.DateRange('2017-06-30', '2018-07-10')
date_range_3 = ee.DateRange('1970-06-24', '1971-07-24')
date_range_4 = ee.DateRange('2017-06-25', '2017-07-25')
# Determine if an ee.DateRange intersects another.
display(
'Does date_range_1 contain date_range_2?',
date_range_1.intersects(date_range_2)
)
display(
'Does date_range_1 contain date_range_3?',
date_range_1.intersects(date_range_3)
)
display(
'Does date_range_1 contain date_range_4?',
date_range_1.intersects(date_range_4)
)
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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