Date Picker In Flutter

DatePicker is a material widget in a flutter that lets the user select a date. Since there is no widget available for creating a date picker we will use showDatePicker() function.

It will display a Material Design date picker in a dialog by calling flutter’s inbuilt function. We will use it in instances like booking a movie ticket, train ticket, etc.

A date picker is a helpful addition to your UI that makes it easy for your app users to select dates from a calendar. Whether you’re adding a date of birth field to a registration form or offering time slots for users to book an appointment, you can use a date picker library to simplify the process.

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Date Picker in Flutter

The Flutter Datetime Picker is easy to customize, supporting date and time selection in multiple languages. Flutter Datetime Picker is simple to install and provides a sleek, user-friendly interface.

Lets Start implementation

Add package

dependencies:
  flutter:
    sdk: flutter
  intl: ^0.17.0

dependencies:

flutter:

sdk: flutter

intl: ^0.17.0

Code to pick date

               DateTime? pickedDate = await showDatePicker(
                    context: context,
                    initialDate: DateTime.now(),
                    firstDate: DateTime(1950),
                    //DateTime.now() - not to allow to choose before today.
                    lastDate: DateTime(2100));

                if (pickedDate != null) {
                  print(
                      pickedDate); //pickedDate output format => 2021-03-10 00:00:00.000
                  String formattedDate =
                      DateFormat('yyyy-MM-dd').format(pickedDate);
                  print(
                      formattedDate); //formatted date output using intl package =>  2021-03-16
                  setState(() {
                    dateInput.text =
                        formattedDate; //set output date to TextField value.
                  });
                } else {}

DateTime? pickedDate = await showDatePicker(

context: context,

initialDate: DateTime.now(),

firstDate: DateTime(1950),

//DateTime.now() - not to allow to choose before today.

lastDate: DateTime(2100));

if (pickedDate != null) {

print(

pickedDate); //pickedDate output format => 2021-03-10 00:00:00.000

String formattedDate =

DateFormat('yyyy-MM-dd').format(pickedDate);

print(

formattedDate); //formatted date output using intl package => 2021-03-16

setState(() {

dateInput.text =

formattedDate; //set output date to TextField value.

});

} else {}

Complete Code for Date Picker In Flutter

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:intl/intl.dart';

void main() {
  runApp(MyApp());
}

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      title: "Date Picker",
      home: HomePage(),
    );
  }
}

class HomePage extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  State<StatefulWidget> createState() {
    return _HomePage();
  }
}

class _HomePage extends State<HomePage> {
  TextEditingController dateInput = TextEditingController();

  @override
  void initState() {
    dateInput.text = ""; //set the initial value of text field
    super.initState();
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
        appBar: AppBar(
          title: Text("DatePicker in Flutter"),
          backgroundColor: Colors.redAccent, //background color of app bar
        ),
        body: Container(
            padding: EdgeInsets.all(15),
            height: MediaQuery.of(context).size.width / 3,
            child: Center(
                child: TextField(
              controller: dateInput,
              //editing controller of this TextField
              decoration: InputDecoration(
                  icon: Icon(Icons.calendar_today), //icon of text field
                  labelText: "Enter Date" //label text of field
                  ),
              readOnly: true,
              //set it true, so that user will not able to edit text
              onTap: () async {
                DateTime? pickedDate = await showDatePicker(
                    context: context,
                    initialDate: DateTime.now(),
                    firstDate: DateTime(1950),
                    //DateTime.now() - not to allow to choose before today.
                    lastDate: DateTime(2100));

                if (pickedDate != null) {
                  print(
                      pickedDate); //pickedDate output format => 2021-03-10 00:00:00.000
                  String formattedDate =
                      DateFormat('yyyy-MM-dd').format(pickedDate);
                  print(
                      formattedDate); //formatted date output using intl package =>  2021-03-16
                  setState(() {
                    dateInput.text =
                        formattedDate; //set output date to TextField value.
                  });
                } else {}
              },
            ))));
  }
}

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

import 'package:intl/intl.dart';

void main() {

runApp(MyApp());

}

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {

@override

Widget build(BuildContext context) {

return MaterialApp(

title: "Date Picker",

home: HomePage(),

);

}

class HomePage extends StatefulWidget {

@override

State<StatefulWidget> createState() {

return _HomePage();

}

class _HomePage extends State<HomePage> {

TextEditingController dateInput = TextEditingController();

@override

void initState() {

dateInput.text = ""; //set the initial value of text field

super.initState();

}

@override

Widget build(BuildContext context) {

return Scaffold(

appBar: AppBar(

title: Text("DatePicker in Flutter"),

backgroundColor: Colors.redAccent, //background color of app bar

body: Container(

padding: EdgeInsets.all(15),

height: MediaQuery.of(context).size.width / 3,

child: Center(

child: TextField(

controller: dateInput,

//editing controller of this TextField

decoration: InputDecoration(

icon: Icon(Icons.calendar_today), //icon of text field

labelText: "Enter Date" //label text of field

readOnly: true,

//set it true, so that user will not able to edit text

onTap: () async {

DateTime? pickedDate = await showDatePicker(

context: context,

initialDate: DateTime.now(),

firstDate: DateTime(1950),

//DateTime.now() - not to allow to choose before today.

lastDate: DateTime(2100));

if (pickedDate != null) {

print(

pickedDate); //pickedDate output format => 2021-03-10 00:00:00.000

String formattedDate =

DateFormat('yyyy-MM-dd').format(pickedDate);

print(

formattedDate); //formatted date output using intl package => 2021-03-16

setState(() {

dateInput.text =

formattedDate; //set output date to TextField value.

});

} else {}

))));

}

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Flutter DateTimePicker UItextfield and Date picker

Deepak Kumar 12 April 2023

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4 comments

vipin Jul 25, 2022 at 2:30 pm

thanks. worked.

Deepak Kumar (Moderator) Aug 8, 2022 at 10:28 am
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Your’s welcome.
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Medet Jan 30, 2023 at 11:28 pm

Thanks bro!

Deepak Kumar (Moderator) Mar 20, 2023 at 10:42 am
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