How to convert an object containing DateTime fields to JSON in Dart?

Question

I try to convert an object to JSON.

  var obj = { \"dt\": new DateTime.now() };
  var s = stringify(obj);
         


        

Answer 1

Zdeslav Vojkovic's answer is outdated now.

The JSON.encode() method in dart:convert has an optional toEncodable method that is invoked for objects that are not natively serializable to JSON. It's then up to the user to provide a closure that returns an appropriate serialization of the DateTime.