How to Convert String to DateTime in Flutter

Sometimes we may want to convert a string to a DateTime object so that we can do further calculations on date and time easily. Let’s see how we do this in Flutter.

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In flutter, we can use DateTime.parse method for this purpose. You just need to pass the string in a particular format.

See the code snippet given below.

DateTime.parse("2012-02-27 13:27:00")

Following are some of the accepted string formats.

"2012-02-27 13:27:00"
"2012-02-27 13:27:00.123456789z"
"2012-02-27 13:27:00,123456789z"
"20120227 13:27:00"
"20120227T132700"
"20120227"
"+20120227"
"2012-02-27T14Z"
"2012-02-27T14+00:00"

Following is the flutter example where we convert a string to a DateTime object.

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

void main() => runApp(const MyApp());

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  const MyApp({super.key});

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
        title: 'Flutter Demo',
        theme: ThemeData(
          useMaterial3: true,
        ),
        home: const MyStatefulWidget());
  }
}

class MyStatefulWidget extends StatefulWidget {
  const MyStatefulWidget({super.key});

  @override
  State<MyStatefulWidget> createState() => _MyStatefulWidgetState();
}

class _MyStatefulWidgetState extends State<MyStatefulWidget> {
  @override
  void initState() {
    super.initState();
    getDateTime();
  }

  void getDateTime() {
    var dateTime = DateTime.parse("2023-02-01 13:27:00");
    debugPrint(dateTime.toString());
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
        appBar: AppBar(
          title: const Text('Flutter String to Date Example'),
        ),
        body: const Center(child: Text('Flutter Tutorial')));
  }
}

I hope this flutter tutorial is helpful for you.