Datetime 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: flutter date time

var now = new DateTime.now();
var moonLanding = DateTime.parse(now);

moonLanding.year; 
moonLanding.hour;  
moonLanding.month; 

moonLanding.year.toString() + '-' + moonLanding.month.toString() + '-' + moonLanding.day.toString()

############################ OR ###########################

import 'package:intl/intl.dart';

var dt = DateTime.now();
var newFormat = DateFormat("yy-MM-dd");
String updatedDt = newFormat.format(dt);
print(updatedDt); // 20-04-03

var newDt = DateFormat.yMMMEd().format(dt);
print(newDt);  // Fri, Apr 3, 2020

reference :
https://medium.com/flutter-community/working-with-dates-in-dart-e81c70911811

Example 3: 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
}

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