format date in dart code example

Example 1: flutter datetime format

import 'package:intl/intl.dart';

DateTime now = DateTime.now();
String formattedDate = DateFormat('yyyy-MM-dd – kk:mm').format(now);

Example 2: datetime dart format print

//You can use the intl package https://pub.dev/packages/intl/install

import 'package:intl/intl.dart';

main() {
  final DateTime now = DateTime.now();
  final DateFormat formatter = DateFormat('yyyy-MM-dd');
  final String formatted = formatter.format(now);
  print(formatted); // something like 2013-04-20
}

Example 3: dart DateFormat

Pattern                           Result
 ----------------                  -------
 DateFormat.yMd()                 -> 7/10/1996
 DateFormat('yMd')                -> 7/10/1996
 DateFormat.yMMMMd('en_US')       -> July 10, 1996
 DateFormat.jm()                  -> 5:08 PM
 DateFormat.yMd().add_jm()        -> 7/10/1996 5:08 PM
 DateFormat.Hm()                  -> 17:08 // force 24 hour time
 
  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
 
 Symbol   Meaning                Presentation       Example
------   -------                ------------       -------
G        era designator         (Text)             AD
y        year                   (Number)           1996
M        month in year          (Text & Number)    July & 07
L        standalone month       (Text & Number)    July & 07
d        day in month           (Number)           10
c        standalone day         (Number)           10
h        hour in am/pm (1~12)   (Number)           12
H        hour in day (0~23)     (Number)           0
m        minute in hour         (Number)           30
s        second in minute       (Number)           55
S        fractional second      (Number)           978
E        day of week            (Text)             Tuesday
D        day in year            (Number)           189
a        am/pm marker           (Text)             PM
k        hour in day (1~24)     (Number)           24
K        hour in am/pm (0~11)   (Number)           0
Q        quarter                (Text)             Q3