Dart DateTime month
Syntax & Examples

Syntax of DateTime.month

The syntax of DateTime.month property is:

 int month

This month property of DateTime the month [1..12].

Return Type

DateTime.month returns value of type int.


✐ Examples

1 Get the month of the current DateTime

In this example,

  1. We create a DateTime object dt using the DateTime.now() constructor, which represents the current date and time.
  2. We then access the month property of dt to get the month.
  3. We print the result to standard output.

Dart Program

void main() {
  var dt = DateTime.now();
  print(dt.month);
}

Output

5
(Output varies depending on the current date and time.)

2 Get the month of a specific DateTime in UTC

In this example,

  1. We create a DateTime object dt using the DateTime.utc() constructor, specifying the year, month, and day.
  2. We then access the month property of dt to get the month.
  3. We print the result to standard output.

Dart Program

void main() {
  var dt = DateTime.utc(2024, 10, 3);
  print(dt.month);
}

Output

10

3 Get the month of a parsed DateTime

In this example,

  1. We create a DateTime object dt by parsing a date-time string '2024-05-03T10:15:30' using the DateTime.parse() method.
  2. We then access the month property of dt to get the month.
  3. We print the result to standard output.

Dart Program

void main() {
  var dt = DateTime.parse('2024-05-03T10:15:30');
  print(dt.month);
}

Output

5

Summary

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