Flutter: Display local datetimes correctly

Question

let's say I have a DateTime object and I want to display it in the correct local format.

If I do the following on a German device I get this:

dateTime.toLocal().toString()
// Prints
2022-05-28 23:29:19.518

However, I would expect or desire more something like this for a German device: 28.5.2022 23:29:19

I know that I can format the DateTime but that would just be hardcoding it for a certain locale.

Weirdly enough all the solutions that I found for this on StackOverflow are either hardcoding the format or only apply to Dart, not Flutter.

What is the correct way to display a local datetime in Flutter?

Answer 1

You can use this package intl and localise dates like

var format = DateFormat.yMd('ar');
var dateString = format.format(DateTime.now());