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Returns a DateRange covering the unit of the specified type that contains this date, e.g., Date('2013-3-15').getRange('year') returns DateRange('2013-1-1', '2014-1-1').
Usage
Returns
Date.getRange(unit,timeZone)
DateRange
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.
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