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ee.DateRange.start
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Returns the (inclusive) start of this DateRange.
| Usage | Returns | DateRange.start() | Date |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: dateRange | DateRange | |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
// An ee.DateRange.
var dateRange = ee.DateRange('2017-06-24', '2017-07-24');
// Return the start of the ee.DateRange as an ee.Date.
print('The start of this ee.DateRange is', dateRange.start());
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)
# An ee.DateRange.
date_range = ee.DateRange('2017-06-24', '2017-07-24')
# Return the start of the ee.DateRange as an ee.Date.
display('The start of this ee.DateRange is', date_range.start())
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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