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ee.Date.serialize

AI-generated Key Takeaways

The serialize() method returns the serialized representation of an object.
The serialize() method returns a string.
The serialize() method can optionally take a boolean argument legacy to enable a legacy format.

Returns the serialized representation of this object.

Usage	Returns
`Date. serialize ( legacy )`	String

Argument	Type	Details
this: `computedobject`	ComputedObject	The ComputedObject instance.
`legacy`	Boolean, optional	Enables legacy format.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

 var 
  
 date 
  
 = 
  
 ee 
 . 
 Date 
 ( 
 '2021-4-30' 
 ); 
 print 
 ( 
 'Serialized representation of ee.Date' 
 , 
  
 date 
 . 
 serialize 
 ());

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)

 date 
 = 
 ee 
 . 
 Date 
 ( 
 '2021-4-30' 
 ) 
 display 
 ( 
 'Serialized representation of ee.Date:' 
 , 
 date 
 . 
 serialize 
 ())

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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.