ee.Date.parse

Page Summary

• ee.Date.parse is used to convert a date string into a Date object, given a format pattern.

• The function takes the format pattern and the date string as required arguments, with an optional time zone.

• The format pattern follows the Joda-Time DateTimeFormat guidelines.

Parse a date string, given a string describing its format.

Usage	Returns
ee.Date.parse(format, date, timeZone)	Date

Argument	Type	Details
format	String	A pattern, as described at http://joda-time.sourceforge.net/apidocs/org/joda/time/format/DateTimeFormat.html.
date	String	A string matching the given pattern.
timeZone	String, default: null	The time zone (e.g., 'America/Los_Angeles'); defaults to UTC.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

print(ee.Date.parse('yyyy MM dd', '2021 4 30'));
print(ee.Date.parse('yyyy-MM-dd', '2021-4-30'));
print(ee.Date.parse('yyyy/MM/dd', '2021/4/30'));
print(ee.Date.parse('MM/dd/yy', '4/30/21'));
print(ee.Date.parse('MMM. dd, yyyy', 'Apr. 30, 2021'));
print(ee.Date.parse('yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss', '2021-4-30 00:00:00'));

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)

display(ee.Date.parse('YYYY MM dd', '2021 4 30'))
display(ee.Date.parse('YYYY-MM-dd', '2021-4-30'))
display(ee.Date.parse('YYYY/MM/dd', '2021/4/30'))
display(ee.Date.parse('MM/dd/YY', '4/30/21'))
display(ee.Date.parse('MMM. dd, YYYY', 'Apr. 30, 2021'))
display(ee.Date.parse('YYYY-MM-dd HH:mm:ss', '2021-4-30 00:00:00'))