Format DateTime in Flutter

Hello guys. How are you all. Hope you all are fine. Today in this tutorial we are going to learn about Formate Datetime in flutter. So lets start this tutorial without wasting your time.

First of all we need is Intl package. so add this in your pubspec.yaml file and then get dependency and then import in your dart file.

Get current date in flutter

You can get current date in flutter Date in any format. Just by using DateFormat() and pass formate that you want then use format function by providing now date.

var todayDate = DateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy").format(now);

print(todayDate); //30-06-2021

Get current time in flutter

To get current time in flutter just pass DateFormate(‘H:m:s’) and it will return Hour: Minutes and second formate.

var todayDate = DateFormat("H:m:s).format(now);

print(todayDate); //15:22:52

Format Date in flutter

If you want to format date to another format then this is easy. Explore below example.

var todayDate = DateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy").format(now);
print(todayDate); //30-06-2021

var todayDate = DateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss").format(now);
print(todayDate); //2021-06-30 05:22:52

var todayDate = DateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy hh:mm:ss").format(now);
print(todayDate); //30-06-2021 05:22:52

Convert String to Datetime in flutter

You can also parse string to datetime. here is example.

String usrDate = "2021/06/30";
var todayDate = DateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd", "en_US").parse(usrDate);

print(todayDate); //30-06-2021

Parsing DateTime in flutter

You can also parse string to datetime. here is example.

String usrDate = "2021/06/30";
var todayDate = DateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd", "en_US").parse(usrDate);

print(todayDate); //30-06-2021

Compare two date in flutter

You can also Compare two date in flutter. Here is example.

var pastDate = DateTime.parse("2000-05-10 22:19:23");

var futureDate = DateTime.parse("2025-05-10 22:19:23");

print(date1.isBefore(date2)); // => true

print(date1.isAfter(date2)); // => false

Different between two Dates in flutter

You can also get Different between two Dates in flutter. Here is example.

var dayDifferent=date2.difference(date1);

print(dayDifferent.inDays); //125

Add days into the Date in flutter

You can also Add days into the Date in flutter. Here is example.

var date1 = DateTime.parse("2021-06-30 20:18:04");

var newDate = date1.add(new Duration(days: 2));

print(newDate); // => 2021-07-02 20:18:04

Faq

Summery

So, It’s All About Format DateTime in Flutter. I hope this tutorial helps you to solve your error. Please Comment Below if You stucks anywhere with my code.

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