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Creates a DateRange with the given start (inclusive) and end (exclusive), which may be Dates, numbers (interpreted as milliseconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z), or strings (such as '1996-01-01T08:00'). If 'end' is not specified, a 1-millisecond range starting at 'start' is created.
| Usage | Returns | ee.DateRange(start, end, timeZone) | DateRange |
| Argument | Type | Details | start | Object | |
end | Object, default: null | |
timeZone | String, default: null | If start and/or end are provided as strings, the time zone in which to interpret them; defaults to UTC. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
print('String date inputs (interpreted as UTC by default)',
ee.DateRange('2017-06-24', '2017-07-24'));
print('String date inputs with timeZone argument',
ee.DateRange('2017-06-24', '2017-07-24', 'America/Los_Angeles'));
print('String date-time inputs with timeZone argument',
ee.DateRange('2017-06-24T07:00:00', '2017-07-24T07:00:00',
'America/Los_Angeles'));
print('A single date input results in a 1-millisecond range',
ee.DateRange('2017-06-24'));
print('ee.Date inputs',
ee.DateRange(ee.Date('2017-06-24'), ee.Date('2017-07-24')));
print('ee.Date date-time inputs (UTC by default)',
ee.DateRange(ee.Date('2017-06-24T07:00:00'),
ee.Date('2017-07-24T07:00:00')));
print('ee.Date date-time inputs with timeZone arguments',
ee.DateRange(ee.Date('2017-06-24T07:00:00', 'UTC'),
ee.Date('2017-07-24T07:00:00', 'America/Los_Angeles')));
print('Number inputs as milliseconds from Unix epoch (2017-06-24, 2017-07-24)',
ee.DateRange(1498262400000, 1500854400000));
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)
print('String date inputs (interpreted as UTC by default):',
ee.DateRange('2017-06-24', '2017-07-24').getInfo())
print('String date inputs with timeZone argument:',
ee.DateRange('2017-06-24', '2017-07-24', 'America/Los_Angeles').getInfo())
print('String date-time inputs with timeZone argument:',
ee.DateRange('2017-06-24T07:00:00', '2017-07-24T07:00:00',
'America/Los_Angeles').getInfo())
print('A single date input results in a 1-millisecond range:',
ee.DateRange('2017-06-24').getInfo())
print('ee.Date inputs',
ee.DateRange(ee.Date('2017-06-24'), ee.Date('2017-07-24')).getInfo())
print('ee.Date date-time inputs (UTC by default):',
ee.DateRange(ee.Date('2017-06-24T07:00:00'),
ee.Date('2017-07-24T07:00:00')).getInfo())
print('ee.Date date-time inputs with timeZone arguments:',
ee.DateRange(ee.Date('2017-06-24T07:00:00', 'UTC'),
ee.Date('2017-07-24T07:00:00',
'America/Los_Angeles')).getInfo())
print('Number inputs as milliseconds from Unix epoch (2017-06-24, 2017-07-24):',
ee.DateRange(1498262400000, 1500854400000).getInfo())
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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