[GIS] Unique List of Image Dates from Image Collection in Google Earth Engine

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I would like to create a list or array object containing a unique set of dates represented in an image collection for a given region of interest. I have a function that extracts and converts dates for each image to a number, and stores these as a list. However, there are often multiple images (tiles) for the same date, meaning the date list has many duplicates. How can I filter out replicate dates to get a unique date list?

See code here: https://code.earthengine.google.com/20de3ef240fd96d1b25f0b52b9dce5f3

Map.addLayer(roi,{})
Map.centerObject(roi,7);

//Dates of Interest
var start = ee.Date("2014-10-01");
var finish = ee.Date("2018-05-01");

///--------------------- Landsat Collection ---------------------------------------///
var landsat = ee.ImageCollection('LANDSAT/LC08/C01/T1_TOA')
.filterDate(start, finish)
.filterBounds(roi);

// Year-Month-Day Extract function
function ymdList(imgcol){
    var iter_func = function(image, newlist){
        var date = ee.Number.parse(image.date().format("YYYYMMdd"));
        newlist = ee.List(newlist);
        return ee.List(newlist.add(date).sort())
    };
    return imgcol.iterate(iter_func, ee.List([]));
}
print(ymdList(landsat))

Best Answer

You can find out how many images are available per date with the frequencyHistogram reducer. Script with example roi.

var ymd = ymdList(landsat)
print(ee.List(ymd).reduce(ee.Reducer.frequencyHistogram()))
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