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'));