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ee.Date.parse

Page Summary

ee.Date.parse is used to convert a date string into a Date object, given a format pattern.
The function takes the format pattern and the date string as required arguments, with an optional time zone.
The format pattern follows the Joda-Time DateTimeFormat guidelines.

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' 
 ))

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Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

Colab (Python)

ee.Date.parse