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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
FeatureCollection.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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