Sample snippet for "Top 8 Date methods you should know (Dart)" on Dev.to

main.dart

void main() {
  var now = new DateTime.now();
  var berlinWallFell = new DateTime.utc(1989, 11, 9);
  var moonLanding = DateTime.parse('1969-07-20 20:18:04Z');
  
  print(now);
  print(berlinWallFell);
  print(moonLanding);
  
  print('\n---\n');
 
  // DateTime constants
  print(berlinWallFell.weekday == DateTime.thursday);
  print(moonLanding.weekday == DateTime.sunday);
  print(moonLanding.month == DateTime.july);
  print(DateTime.daysPerWeek);
  
  print('\n---\n');
  
  // add()
  var berlinWallAdd10 = berlinWallFell.add(Duration(days: 10, hours: 5));
  print(berlinWallAdd10.day);
  print(berlinWallAdd10.hour);
  
  print('\n---\n');
  
  // difference()
  var diff = berlinWallFell.difference(moonLanding);
  print(diff.inDays);
  print(diff.inHours);
  print(diff.inMinutes);
  
  print('\n---\n');
  
  // isAfter()
  print(moonLanding.isAfter(berlinWallFell));
  
  print('\n---\n');
  
  // isBefore()
  print(moonLanding.isBefore(berlinWallFell));
  
  print('\n---\n');
  
  // compareTo()
  print(berlinWallFell.compareTo(berlinWallFell));
  print(moonLanding.compareTo(berlinWallFell));
  
  print('\n---\n');
  
  // subtract()
  print(berlinWallFell.subtract(
    Duration(days: 7416, hours: 3, minutes: 41, seconds: 56)
  ));
  
  print('\n---\n');
  
  // toLocal()
  print(moonLanding.toLocal());
  
  print('\n---\n');
  
  // toUtc()
  print(moonLanding.toUtc());
  print(moonLanding.timeZoneName);
}