How can I get the current date (w/o hour and minutes)?

Question

All I can see in the documentation is Datetime.now() but it returns the Timespan, I need just the date.

Answer 1

first go to pub.dev and get the intl package and add it to your project.

DateFormat.yMMMMd().format(the date you want to render . but must have the type DateTime)

Answer 2

If you prefer a more concise and single line format, based on Günter Zöchbauer's answer, you can also write:

DateTime dateToday = DateTime(DateTime.now().year, DateTime.now().month, DateTime.now().day) ; 

Though, it'll make 3 calls to DateTime.now(), the extra variable won't be required, especially if using with Dart ternary operator or inside Flutter UI code block.

Answer 3

you can get the current date as

 final now = new DateTime.now();
 String formatter = DateFormat('yMd').format(now);// 28/03/2020
            

Q. are you wondering how do you remember the date format(DateFormat('yMd'))?

A.=>Then Flutter Docs is the answer

The DateFormat class allows the user to choose from a set of standard date time formats as well as specify a customized pattern under certain locales.Taken directly from the docs

ICU Name                   Skeleton
 --------                   --------
 DAY                          d
 ABBR_WEEKDAY                 E
 WEEKDAY                      EEEE
 ABBR_STANDALONE_MONTH        LLL
 STANDALONE_MONTH             LLLL
 NUM_MONTH                    M
 NUM_MONTH_DAY                Md
 NUM_MONTH_WEEKDAY_DAY        MEd
 ABBR_MONTH                   MMM
 ABBR_MONTH_DAY               MMMd
 ABBR_MONTH_WEEKDAY_DAY       MMMEd
 MONTH                        MMMM
 MONTH_DAY                    MMMMd
 MONTH_WEEKDAY_DAY            MMMMEEEEd
 ABBR_QUARTER                 QQQ
 QUARTER                      QQQQ
 YEAR                         y
 YEAR_NUM_MONTH               yM
 YEAR_NUM_MONTH_DAY           yMd
 YEAR_NUM_MONTH_WEEKDAY_DAY   yMEd
 YEAR_ABBR_MONTH              yMMM
 YEAR_ABBR_MONTH_DAY          yMMMd
 YEAR_ABBR_MONTH_WEEKDAY_DAY  yMMMEd
 YEAR_MONTH                   yMMMM
 YEAR_MONTH_DAY               yMMMMd
 YEAR_MONTH_WEEKDAY_DAY       yMMMMEEEEd
 YEAR_ABBR_QUARTER            yQQQ
 YEAR_QUARTER                 yQQQQ
 HOUR24                       H
 HOUR24_MINUTE                Hm
 HOUR24_MINUTE_SECOND         Hms
 HOUR                         j
 HOUR_MINUTE                  jm
 HOUR_MINUTE_SECOND           jms
 HOUR_MINUTE_GENERIC_TZ       jmv
 HOUR_MINUTE_TZ               jmz
 HOUR_GENERIC_TZ              jv
 HOUR_TZ                      jz
 MINUTE                       m
 MINUTE_SECOND                ms
 SECOND                       s

/// Examples Using the US Locale:
///      Pattern                           Result
///      ----------------                  -------
         new DateFormat.yMd()             -> 7/10/1996
         new DateFormat('yMd')            -> 7/10/1996
         new DateFormat.yMMMMd('en_US')   -> July 10, 1996
         new DateFormat.jm()              -> 5:08 PM
         new DateFormat.yMd().add_jm()    -> 7/10/1996 5:08 PM
         new DateFormat.Hm()              -> 17:08 // force 24 hour time

Hope now you can get any kind of date Format required using the above formats.

Answer 4

Use the 'day' in DateTime.now()

Answer 5

There's no class in the core libraries to model a date w/o time. You have to use new DateTime.now().

Be aware that the date depends on the timezone: 2016-01-20 02:00:00 in Paris is the same instant as 2016-01-19 17:00:00 in Seattle but the day is not the same.

Answer 6

Create a new date from now with only the parts you need:

DateTime now = new DateTime.now();
DateTime date = new DateTime(now.year, now.month, now.day);