AI-generated Key Takeaways
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The
Date.getFraction()method returns the elapsed fraction of a specified time unit for a given date. -
The method takes a required
unitargument (e.g., 'year', 'month', 'day') and an optionaltimeZoneargument. -
The output is a float value between 0 and 1, representing the fraction of the unit that has passed.
| Usage | Returns |
|---|---|
Date.
getFraction
(unit, timeZone
)
|
Float |
| Argument | Type | Details |
|---|---|---|
|
this:
date
|
Date | |
unit
|
String | One of 'year', 'month', 'week', 'day', 'hour', 'minute', or 'second'. |
timeZone
|
String, default: null | The time zone (e.g., 'America/Los_Angeles'); defaults to UTC. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
var date = ee . Date ( '2021-4-30T07:15:31.24' ); print ( 'Elapsed fraction of a year' , date . getFraction ( 'year' )); print ( 'Elapsed fraction of a month' , date . getFraction ( 'month' )); print ( 'Elapsed fraction of a week' , date . getFraction ( 'week' )); print ( 'Elapsed fraction of a day' , date . getFraction ( 'day' )); print ( 'Elapsed fraction of an hour' , date . getFraction ( 'hour' )); print ( 'Elapsed fraction of a minute' , date . getFraction ( 'minute' )); print ( 'Elapsed fraction of a second' , date . getFraction ( 'second' ));
import ee import geemap.core as geemap
Colab (Python)
date = ee . Date ( '2021-4-30T07:15:31.24' ) display ( 'Elapsed fraction of a year:' , date . getFraction ( 'year' )) display ( 'Elapsed fraction of a month:' , date . getFraction ( 'month' )) display ( 'Elapsed fraction of a week:' , date . getFraction ( 'week' )) display ( 'Elapsed fraction of a day:' , date . getFraction ( 'day' )) display ( 'Elapsed fraction of an hour:' , date . getFraction ( 'hour' )) display ( 'Elapsed fraction of a minute:' , date . getFraction ( 'minute' )) display ( 'Elapsed fraction of a second:' , date . getFraction ( 'second' ))
