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ee.DateRange.start

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The DateRange.start() method returns the inclusive start of a DateRange as an ee.Date object.
This method is available in both JavaScript and Python APIs for Earth Engine.
Examples demonstrate how to use dateRange.start() to retrieve and print the start date of a defined DateRange.

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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Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

Colab (Python)

ee.DateRange.start