ee.Filter.date

Filter a collection by 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' property.

Returns the constructed filter.

Usage	Returns
ee.Filter.date(start, end)	Filter

Argument	Type	Details
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.

Examples

Code Editor (JavaScript)

// collection.filterDate is preferred.
// Constructed FeatureCollection representing a field site sampled at
// four different dates.
var geom = ee.Geometry.Point([-119.56, 37.67]);
var fc = ee.FeatureCollection([
  ee.Feature(geom, {'prop': 10, 'system:time_start': ee.Date('2021-06-10')}),
  ee.Feature(geom, {'prop': 11, 'system:time_start': ee.Date('2021-06-20')}),
  ee.Feature(geom, {'prop': 19, 'system:time_start': ee.Date('2021-07-10')}),
  ee.Feature(geom, {'prop': 10, 'system:time_start': ee.Date('2021-07-20')})
]);

// Filter the observations in July 2021.
print('Field site observations collection in July 2021',
      fc.filter(ee.Filter.date('2021-07-01', '2021-08-01')));

// Alternative input formats.
var dateRange = ee.DateRange('2021-07-01', '2021-08-01');
print('ee.DateRange as an input',
      fc.filter(ee.Filter.date(dateRange)));

print('Numbers (milliseconds since Unix epoch) as an input',
      fc.filter(ee.Filter.date(1625875200000, 1626739200001)));

print('ee.Date objects as an input',
      fc.filter(ee.Filter.date(ee.Date('2021-07-01'), ee.Date('2021-08-01'))));

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)

from pprint import pprint

# collection.filterDate is preferred.
# Constructed FeatureCollection representing a field site sampled at
# four different dates.
geom = ee.Geometry.Point([-119.56, 37.67])
fc = ee.FeatureCollection([
    ee.Feature(geom, {'prop': 10, 'system:time_start': ee.Date('2021-06-10')}),
    ee.Feature(geom, {'prop': 11, 'system:time_start': ee.Date('2021-06-20')}),
    ee.Feature(geom, {'prop': 19, 'system:time_start': ee.Date('2021-07-10')}),
    ee.Feature(geom, {'prop': 10, 'system:time_start': ee.Date('2021-07-20')})
])

# Filter the observations in July 2021.
print('Field site observations collection in July 2021:')
pprint(fc.filter(ee.Filter.date('2021-07-01', '2021-08-01')).getInfo())

# Alternative input formats.
date_range = ee.DateRange('2021-07-01', '2021-08-01')
pprint(fc.filter(ee.Filter.date(date_range)).getInfo())

print('Numbers (milliseconds since Unix epoch) as an input:')
pprint(fc.filter(ee.Filter.date(1625875200000, 1626739200001)).getInfo())

print('ee.Date objects as an input:')
pprint(
    fc.filter(
        ee.Filter.date(ee.Date('2021-07-01'), ee.Date('2021-08-01'))
    ).getInfo()
)