[android] How to format DateTime in Flutter , How to get current time in flutter?

I am trying to display the current DateTime in a Text widget after tapping on a button. The following works, but I'd like to change the format.

Current approach

DateTime now = DateTime.now();
currentTime = new DateTime(now.year, now.month, now.day, now.hour, now.minute);
 Text('$currentTime'), 

Result

YYYY-MM-JJ HH-MM:00.000

Question

How can I remove the :00.000 part?

Add intl package to your pubspec.yaml file.

import 'package:intl/intl.dart';

DateFormat dateFormat = DateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");

Converting DateTime object to String

String string = dateFormat.format(DateTime.now());

Converting String to DateTime object

DateTime dateTime = dateFormat.parse("2019-07-19 8:40:23");

With this approach, there is no need to import any library.

DateTime now = DateTime.now();

String convertedDateTime = "${now.year.toString()}-${now.month.toString().padLeft(2,'0')}-${now.day.toString().padLeft(2,'0')} ${now.hour.toString()}-${now.minute.toString()}";

Output

2020-12-05 14:57

Try out this package, Jiffy, it also runs on top of Intl, but makes it easier using momentjs syntax. See below

import 'package:jiffy/jiffy.dart';   

var now = Jiffy().format("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");

You can also do the following

var a = Jiffy().yMMMMd; // October 18, 2019

And you can also pass in your DateTime object, A string and an array

var a = Jiffy(DateTime(2019, 10, 18)).yMMMMd; // October 18, 2019

var a = Jiffy("2019-10-18").yMMMMd; // October 18, 2019

var a = Jiffy([2019, 10, 18]).yMMMMd; // October 18, 2019

Here's my simple solution. That does not require any dependency.

However, the date will be in string format. If you want the time then change the substring values

print(new DateTime.now()
            .toString()
            .substring(0,10)
     );   // 2020-06-10

there is some change since the 0.16 so here how i did,

import in the pubspec.yaml

dependencies:
      flutter:
        sdk: flutter
      intl: ^0.16.1

then use

  txdate= DateTime.now()


  DateFormat.yMMMd().format(txdate)

Use this function

todayDate() {
    var now = new DateTime.now();
    var formatter = new DateFormat('dd-MM-yyyy');
    String formattedTime = DateFormat('kk:mm:a').format(now);
    String formattedDate = formatter.format(now);
    print(formattedTime);
    print(formattedDate);
  }

Output:

08:41:AM
21-12-2019

You can also use this syntax. For YYYY-MM-JJ HH-MM:

var now = DateTime.now();
var month = now.month.toString().padLeft(2, '0');
var day = now.day.toString().padLeft(2, '0');
var text = '${now.year}-$month-$day ${now.hour}:${now.minute}';

Use String split method to remove :00.000

var formatedTime = currentTime.toString().split(':')
Text(formatedTime[0])

======= OR USE BELOW code for YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS format without using library ====

var stringList =  DateTime.now().toIso8601String().split(new RegExp(r"[T\.]"));
var formatedDate = "${stringList[0]} ${stringList[1]}";