ee.Date.unitRatio

Returns the ratio of the length of one unit to the length of another, e.g., unitRatio('day', 'minute') returns 1440. Valid units are 'year', 'month', 'week', 'day', 'hour', 'minute', and 'second'.

Usage	Returns
ee.Date.unitRatio(numerator, denominator)	Float

Argument	Type	Details
numerator	String
denominator	String

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

print('Minutes in a day', ee.Date.unitRatio('day', 'minute'));
print('Seconds in a year', ee.Date.unitRatio('year', 'second'));
print('Years in a month', ee.Date.unitRatio('month', 'year'));
print('Hours in a week', ee.Date.unitRatio('week', 'hour'));

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('Minutes in a day:', ee.Date.unitRatio('day', 'minute'))
display('Seconds in a year:', ee.Date.unitRatio('year', 'second'))
display('Years in a month:', ee.Date.unitRatio('month', 'year'))
display('Hours in a week:', ee.Date.unitRatio('week', 'hour'))