How to format DateTime in Flutter

Question

I am trying to display the current DateTime in a Text widget after tapping on a button. The following works, but I\'d like to change the format.

Answer 1

Add intl package to your pubspec.yaml file.

import 'package:intl/intl.dart';

DateFormat dateFormat = DateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");

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Converting DateTime object to String

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

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Converting String to DateTime object

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

Answer 2

Here's my simple solution. That does not require any dependency.

However, the date will be in string format. If you want the time then change the substring values

print(new DateTime.now()
            .toString()
            .substring(0,10)
     );   // 2020-06-10

Answer 3

there is some change since the 0.16 so here how i did,

import in the pubspec.yaml

dependencies:
      flutter:
        sdk: flutter
      intl: ^0.16.1

then use

  txdate= DateTime.now()


  DateFormat.yMMMd().format(txdate)