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Shortcut to filter a collection by a date range. The start and end may be Dates, numbers (interpreted as milliseconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z), or strings (such as '1996-01-01T08:00'). Based on 'system:time_start'.
This is equivalent to this.filter(ee.Filter.date(...)); see the ee.Filter type for other date filtering options.
Returns the filtered collection.
Usage
Returns
ImageCollection.filterDate(start,end)
Collection
Argument
Type
Details
this:collection
Collection
The Collection instance.
start
Date|Number|String
The start date (inclusive).
end
Date|Number|String, optional
The end date (exclusive). Optional. If not specified, a 1-millisecond range starting at 'start' is created.
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It accepts start and optional end dates as Dates, numbers (milliseconds since 1970), or strings. If no end date is provided, a 1-millisecond range from the start is used. This function returns a filtered collection. Examples demonstrate usage with various input formats, including date strings, milliseconds, `ee.Date` objects, and `ee.DateRange` objects in both JavaScript and Python.\n"],null,["# ee.ImageCollection.filterDate\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\nShortcut to filter a collection by a date range. The start and end may be Dates, numbers (interpreted as milliseconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z), or strings (such as '1996-01-01T08:00'). Based on 'system:time_start'.\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\nThis is equivalent to this.filter(ee.Filter.date(...)); see the ee.Filter type for other date filtering options.\n\nReturns the filtered collection.\n\n| Usage | Returns |\n|----------------------------------------------|------------|\n| ImageCollection.filterDate`(start, `*end*`)` | Collection |\n\n| Argument | Type | Details |\n|--------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| this: `collection` | Collection | The Collection instance. |\n| `start` | Date\\|Number\\|String | The start date (inclusive). |\n| `end` | Date\\|Number\\|String, optional | The end date (exclusive). Optional. If not specified, a 1-millisecond range starting at 'start' is created. |\n\nExamples\n--------\n\n### Code Editor (JavaScript)\n\n```javascript\n// A Landsat 8 TOA image collection intersecting a specific point.\nvar col = ee.ImageCollection('LANDSAT/LC08/C02/T1_TOA')\n .filterBounds(ee.Geometry.Point(-90.70, 34.71));\n\n// Filter the collection by date using date strings.\nprint('2020 images', col.filterDate('2020', '2021'));\nprint('July images, 2020', col.filterDate('2020-07', '2020-08'));\nprint('Early July images, 2020', col.filterDate('2020-07-01', '2020-07-10'));\nprint('Include time (13 hours, July 7, 2020)',\n col.filterDate('2020-07-05T06:34:46', '2020-07-05T19:34:46'));\n\n// Use milliseconds since Unix epoch.\nprint('Milliseconds inputs', col.filterDate(1593967014062, 1595349419611));\n\n// Use ee.Date objects.\nprint('ee.Date inputs', col.filterDate(ee.Date('2020'), ee.Date('2021')));\n\n// Use an ee.DateRange object.\nvar dateRange = ee.DateRange('2020-07-01', '2020-07-10');\nprint('ee.DateRange input', col.filterDate(dateRange));\n```\nPython setup\n\nSee the [Python Environment](/earth-engine/guides/python_install) page for information on the Python API and using\n`geemap` for interactive development. \n\n```python\nimport ee\nimport geemap.core as geemap\n```\n\n### Colab (Python)\n\n```python\n# A Landsat 8 TOA image collection intersecting a specific point.\ncol = ee.ImageCollection('LANDSAT/LC08/C02/T1_TOA').filterBounds(\n ee.Geometry.Point(-90.70, 34.71))\n\n# Filter the collection by date using date strings.\nprint('2020 images:', col.filterDate('2020', '2021').getInfo())\nprint('July images, 2020:', col.filterDate('2020-07', '2020-08').getInfo())\nprint('Early July images, 2020:',\n col.filterDate('2020-07-01', '2020-07-10').getInfo())\nprint('Include time (13 hours, July 7, 2020):',\n col.filterDate('2020-07-05T06:34:46', '2020-07-05T19:34:46').getInfo())\n\n# Use milliseconds since Unix epoch.\nprint('Milliseconds inputs:',\n col.filterDate(1593967014062, 1595349419611).getInfo())\n\n# Use ee.Date objects.\nprint('ee.Date inputs',\n col.filterDate(ee.Date('2020'), ee.Date('2021')).getInfo())\n\n# Use an ee.DateRange object.\ndate_range = ee.DateRange('2020-07-01', '2020-07-10')\nprint('ee.DateRange input', col.filterDate(date_range).getInfo())\n```"]]
