get date now in flutter code example

Example 1: flutter get current date

import 'package:intl/intl.dart';

main() {
  static final DateTime now = DateTime.now();
  static final DateFormat formatter = DateFormat('yyyy-MM-dd');
  final String formatted = formatter.format(now);
  print(formatted); // something like 2013-04-20
}
// https://pub.dev/documentation/intl/latest/intl/DateFormat-class.html

Example 2: how to display current date time in flutter

main() {
    var now = new DateTime.now();
    var formatter = new DateFormat('yyyy-MM-dd');
    String formattedDate = formatter.format(now);
    print(formattedDate); // 2016-01-25
}