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import TimeInfo from "@arcgis/core/layers/support/TimeInfo.js";
Inheritance:
TimeInfoAccessor
Since
ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.11

Time info represents the temporal data of a time-aware layer. The time info class provides information such as date fields that store the start and end times for each feature and the total time span for the layer.

Temporal data is data that represents a state in time. You can to step through periods of time to reveal patterns and trends in your data. With temporal data, you can visualize and analyze:

  • Moving objects (e.g. planes, satellites, storms),
  • Events (e.g. accidents or earthquakes),
  • Sensor data (e.g. stream gauges, weather station readings), or
  • Variable characteristics (e.g. national or regional population).

Constructors

Constructor

Constructor
Parameters
ParameterTypeDescriptionRequired
properties
See the properties table for a list of all the properties that may be passed into the constructor.

Properties

Any properties can be set, retrieved or listened to. See the Watch for changes topic.

declaredClass

readonlyinherited Property
Type
string
Inherited from: Accessor

The name of the class. The declared class name is formatted as esri.folder.className.

endField

Property
Type
string | null | undefined

The name of the field containing the end time information. This field can be date, date-only or timestamp-offset field type for FeatureLayer and MapImageLayer.

fullTimeExtent

autocast Property
Type
TimeExtent | null | undefined
Since
ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.12

The time extent defines the start time and end time for all data in the layer.

Example
const { start, end } = featureLayer.timeInfo.fullTimeExtent;
const range = end - start; // milliseconds
const days = range / ( 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 ); // days
console.log(`The layer's temporal extent is ${days} days.`);

interval

autocast Property
Type
TimeInterval | null | undefined
Since
ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.12

The time interval defines the granularity of the temporal data and allows you to visualize the data at specified intervals using the time slider widget. Usually temporal data is collected at regular intervals such as every hour or every day.

startField

Property
Type
string | null | undefined

The name of the field containing the start time information. This field can be date, date-only or timestamp-offset field type for FeatureLayer and MapImageLayer.

stops

autocast Property
Type
Date[] | null | undefined
Since
ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.30

Indicates the time instants that the layer has data for. Used in place of interval, etc.

timeZone

Property
Type
TimeZone | null | undefined
Since
ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.28

The IANA time zone that dates are stored in. This only applies to startField and endField.

See also

trackIdField

Property
Type
string | null | undefined
Since
ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript 4.15

The name of the field used to join or group discrete locations. For example, for hurricane tracks, trackIdField can be the hurricane name field.

Methods

MethodSignatureClass
fromJSON
inherited static
fromJSON(json: any): any
clone
inherited
clone(): this
toJSON
inherited
toJSON(): any

fromJSON

inheritedstatic Method
Signature
fromJSON (json: any): any
Inherited from: JSONSupportMixin

Creates a new instance of this class and initializes it with values from a JSON object generated from an ArcGIS product. The object passed into the input json parameter often comes from a response to a query operation in the REST API or a toJSON() method from another ArcGIS product. See the Using fromJSON() topic in the Guide for details and examples of when and how to use this function.

Parameters
ParameterTypeDescriptionRequired
json
any

A JSON representation of the instance in the ArcGIS format. See the ArcGIS REST API documentation for examples of the structure of various input JSON objects.

Returns
any

Returns a new instance of this class.

clone

inherited Method
Signature
clone (): this
Inherited from: ClonableMixin

Creates a deep clone of this object. Any properties that store values by reference will be assigned copies of the referenced values on the cloned instance.

Returns
this

A deep clone of the class instance that invoked this method.

toJSON

inherited Method
Signature
toJSON (): any
Inherited from: JSONSupportMixin

Converts an instance of this class to its ArcGIS portal JSON representation. See the Using fromJSON() guide topic for more information.

Returns
any

The ArcGIS portal JSON representation of an instance of this class.