How to Format DateTime In Flutter ?

Many times it may happen that the user needs to display the current  DateTime in a Text Widget. Depending on the user requirement user, sometimes developer needs to display Date Time as per the Client Requirement like DD/MM/YYYY or MM/DD/YYYY.

formatting date & time in default US standard does not required any specific command.

print(DateFormat.yMMMd().format(DateTime.now()));

So in this article, We will discuss How to Format DateTime In Flutter.

How to Format DateTime In Flutter?

Depending on a client’s requirement we need to format DateTime. Users can take a look at intl package.

This package provides internationalization and localization facilities, including message translation, plurals and genders, date/number formatting and parsing, and bidirectional text.

To use the above package we need to import it like the below:

import 'package:intl/intl.dart';

Now we need to current DateTime using the below code Snippet.

DateTime now = DateTime.now();
String formattedDate = DateFormat('yyyy-MM-dd – kk:mm').format(now);

Converting DateTime object to String

String string = dateFormat.format(DateTime.now());

Converting String to DateTime object

DateTime dateTime = dateFormat.parse("2019-07-19 8:40:23");

Users can also create a custom function like the below:

todayDate() {
    var now = new DateTime.now();
    var formatter = new DateFormat('dd-MM-yyyy');
    String formattedTime = DateFormat('kk:mm:a').format(now);
    String formattedDate = formatter.format(now);
    print(formattedTime);
    print(formattedDate);
  }

So the Output will be as follows:

01:41:AM
22-10-2020

You can also use this syntax. For YYYY-MM-JJ HH-MM:

var now = DateTime.now();
var month = now.month.toString().padLeft(2, '0');
var day = now.day.toString().padLeft(2, '0');
var text = '${now.year}-$month-$day ${now.hour}:${now.minute}';

Use the String split method to remove :00.000

var formatedTime = currentTime.toString().split(':')
Text(formatedTime[0])

Code for YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM: SS format without using a library

var stringList =  DateTime.now().toIso8601String().split(new RegExp(r"[T\.]"));
var formatedDate = "${stringList[0]} ${stringList[1]}";

Conclusion:

So in this article, We have been through how to Format DateTime In Flutter.

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