geetools.ImageAccessor.addDate

geetools.ImageAccessor.addDate(format='')

Add a band with the date of the image in the provided format.

If no format is provided, the date is stored as a Timestamp in millisecond in a band “date”. If format band is provided, the date is store in a int8 band with the date in the provided format. This format needs to be a string that can be converted to a number. If not an error will be thrown.

Parameters:

format (geetools.types.ee_str) – A date pattern, as described at http://joda-time.sourceforge.net/apidocs/org/joda/time/format/DateTimeFormat.html

Returns:

The image with the date band added.

Return type:

ee.Image

Examples

import ee, geetools

ee.Initialize()

image = ee.Image('COPERNICUS/S2_SR_HARMONIZED/20200101T100319_20200101T100321_T32TQM')
image = image.geetools.addDate()
date = image.select('date')
buffer = ee.Geometry.Point([12.4534, 41.9033]).buffer(100)
value = date.reduceRegion(ee.Reducer.first(), buffer, 10).get("date")
ee.Date(value).format('YYYY-MM-dd').getInfo()