ee.Date.millis
The number of milliseconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z.
| Usage | Returns |
|---|
Date.millis() | Long |
| Argument | Type | Details |
|---|
this: date | Date | |
Examples
var date = ee.Date(Date.now());
print('Milliseconds since Unix epoch', date.millis());
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
from datetime import datetime
date = ee.Date(datetime.now())
display('Milliseconds since Unix epoch:', date.millis())
Except as otherwise noted, the content of this page is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License, and code samples are licensed under the Apache 2.0 License. For details, see the Google Developers Site Policies. Java is a registered trademark of Oracle and/or its affiliates.
Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
[null,null,["Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC."],[[["`Date.millis()` returns the number of milliseconds elapsed since the Unix epoch (1970-01-01T00:00:00Z)."],["This method can be used with an `ee.Date` object in both JavaScript and Python to retrieve the timestamp in milliseconds."],["Examples demonstrate obtaining the current time's millisecond representation using `Date.now()` in JavaScript and `datetime.now()` in Python."]]],["The `Date.millis()` function calculates the number of milliseconds elapsed since the Unix epoch (1970-01-01T00:00:00Z). It takes a `Date` object as input. In JavaScript, `ee.Date(Date.now())` creates a date object from the current time, and `date.millis()` returns the millisecond value. Python examples show using `ee.Date(datetime.now())` and `date.millis()` to obtain the same information. The return type for the function is a Long.\n"]]