How do I format a date with Dart?
This will work too:
DateTime today = new DateTime.now();
String dateSlug ="${today.year.toString()}-${today.month.toString().padLeft(2,'0')}-${today.day.toString().padLeft(2,'0')}";
print(dateSlug);
You can use the intl
package (installer) to format dates.
For en_US
formats, it's quite simple:
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
}
There are many options for formatting. 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
For non-en_US
dates, you need to explicitly load in the locale. See the DateFormat
docs for more info. The date_symbol_data_local.dart
contains all of the formats for each country/language, if you would like a more in-depth look.
pubspec.yaml:
dependencies:
intl:
main.dart:
import 'package:intl/intl.dart'; // for date format
import 'package:intl/date_symbol_data_local.dart'; // for other locales
void main() {
var now = DateTime.now();
print(DateFormat().format(now)); // This will return date using the default locale
print(DateFormat('yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss').format(now));
print(DateFormat.yMMMMd().format(now)); // print long date
print(DateFormat.yMd().format(now)); // print short date
print(DateFormat.jms().format(now)); // print time
initializeDateFormatting('es'); // This will initialize Spanish locale
print(DateFormat.yMMMMd('es').format(now)); // print long date in Spanish format
print(DateFormat.yMd('es').format(now)); // print short date in Spanish format
print(DateFormat.jms('es').format(now)); // print time in Spanish format
}
Result:
May 31, 2020 5:41:42 PM
2020-05-31 05:41:42
May 31, 2020
5/31/2020
5:41:42 PM
31 de mayo de 2020
31/5/2020
17:41:42
You can also specify the date format like stated earlier: https://pub.dev/documentation/intl/latest/intl/DateFormat-class.html
import 'package:intl/intl.dart';
String formatDate(DateTime date) => new DateFormat("MMMM d").format(date);
Produces: March 4