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Ferhat Ismayilov
Ferhat Ismayilov

Reputation: 273

Flutter Locale Date String to DateTime

I want to convert date String* to DateTime object.

My String (from API) - ”10 Mart 2021 16:38”

My Locale - Turkey [‘tr’]

How can I convert?

Thanks you!

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2849

Answers (3)

Jama Mohamed
Jama Mohamed

Reputation: 3405

Try out Jiffy package, it also supports Turkish local since it runs on top of Inlt, making it easier to work with date and time

Set your locale to a Turkish locale

await Jiffy.setLocale("tr");

Then parse your string date time to Jiffy

DateTime dateTime = Jiffy.parse("10 Mart 2021 16:38", pattern: "dd MMMM yyyy hh:mm").dateTime; // 2021-03-10 16:38:00.000

or simply

Jiffy.setLocale("tr").then((value) {
    DateTime dateTime = Jiffy.parse("10 Mart 2021 16:38", "dd MMMM yyyy hh:mm").dateTime;
});

Upvotes: 1

IvanPavliuk
IvanPavliuk

Reputation: 1790

Spending a log of time trying to fix this issue, I've found one working solution:

  1. Need to parse the date string ONLY with English locale:

     final dateTime = Intl.withLocale('en_US', () {
     const stringExample = 'Wed, 23 Mar 2022 13:48:05';
     const format = 'EEE, dd MMM yyyy hh:mm:ss';
     return DateFormat(format).parse(stringExample);
 });

  2. Localise your date:

     initializeDateFormatting('tr', null).then((_) {
     final localisedDate = DateFormat('dd MMM yyyy').format(dateTime);
 });

You can format your date in step 2 directly without initializeDateFormatting method, if desired locale is set for MaterialApp

Upvotes: 1

hnnngwdlch
hnnngwdlch

Reputation: 3031

Try the following. Only the en_US locale does not require any initialization. Other locales have to be initialized. For more info visit https://pub.dev/documentation/intl/latest/intl/DateFormat-class.html

import 'package:intl/intl.dart';
import 'package:intl/date_symbol_data_local.dart';

// Then somewhere in your code:
initializeDateFormatting('tr_TR', null).then((_) {
      final dateAsString = '10 Mart 2021 16:38';
      final format = new DateFormat('dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm', 'tr_TR');
      final date = format.parse(dateAsString);
});

Upvotes: 2

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