Dart DateTime.timestamp()
Syntax & Examples

Syntax of DateTime.timestamp

The syntax of DateTime.DateTime.timestamp constructor is:

DateTime.timestamp()

This DateTime.timestamp constructor of DateTime constructs a DateTime with the current UTC date and time.


✐ Examples

1 Create a DateTime with current UTC date and time

In this example,

  1. We create a DateTime named dateTime1 using the DateTime.timestamp() constructor.
  2. We print dateTime1 to standard output, which displays the current date and time in the local time zone.

Dart Program

void main() {
  DateTime dateTime1 = DateTime.timestamp();
  print(dateTime1);
}

Output

2024-05-08 10:30:00.000

2 Create a DateTime with current UTC date and time

In this example,

  1. We create a DateTime named dateTime2 using the DateTime.timestamp() constructor.
  2. We convert dateTime2 to UTC using toUtc() before printing, which displays the current date and time in UTC.

Dart Program

void main() {
  DateTime dateTime2 = DateTime.timestamp();
  print(dateTime2.toUtc());
}

Output

2024-05-08 14:30:00.000Z

3 Get milliseconds since epoch for current DateTime

In this example,

  1. We create a DateTime named dateTime3 using the DateTime.timestamp() constructor.
  2. We access the millisecondsSinceEpoch property of dateTime3 and print it to standard output, which displays the milliseconds since epoch for the current date and time.

Dart Program

void main() {
  DateTime dateTime3 = DateTime.timestamp();
  print(dateTime3.millisecondsSinceEpoch);
}

Output

1738523000000

Summary

In this Dart tutorial, we learned about DateTime.timestamp constructor of DateTime: the syntax and few working examples with output and detailed explanation for each example.