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ee.Date.update

  • Theupdate method creates a new Date by setting one or more units of a given Date to a new value.

  • The new values are interpreted in the specified time zone, defaulting to UTC if none is given.

  • The method can update the year, month, day, hour, minute, and second components of a Date.

 Create a new Date by setting one or more of the units of the given Date to a new value. If a timeZone is given the new value(s) is interpreted in that zone.

UsageReturns
Date.update(year,month,day,hour,minute,second,timeZone)Date
ArgumentTypeDetails
this:dateDate
yearInteger, default: null
monthInteger, default: null
dayInteger, default: null
hourInteger, default: null
minuteInteger, default: null
secondNumber, default: null
timeZoneString, default: nullThe time zone (e.g., 'America/Los_Angeles'); defaults to UTC.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

vardate=ee.Date('2021-4-30T07:15:31.24');print('Updated year and minute components of the input date',date.update({year:2010,minute:59}));

Python setup

See the Python Environment page for information on the Python API and usinggeemap for interactive development.

importeeimportgeemap.coreasgeemap

Colab (Python)

date=ee.Date('2021-4-30T07:15:31.24')display('Updated year and minute components of the input date:',date.update(year=2010,minute=59))

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Last updated 2024-07-13 UTC.