Dart DateTime timeZoneOffset
Syntax & Examples

Syntax of DateTime.timeZoneOffset

The syntax of DateTime.timeZoneOffset property is:

 Duration timeZoneOffset

This timeZoneOffset property of DateTime the time zone offset, which is the difference between local time and UTC.

Return Type

DateTime.timeZoneOffset returns value of type Duration.


✐ Examples

1 Get the time zone offset 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 timeZoneOffset property of dt to get the time zone offset.
  3. We print the result to standard output. Output varies depending on the current date and time.

Dart Program

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

Output

5:30:00.000000
Output varies depending on the current date and time.

2 Get the time zone offset 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, day, hour, minute, and second.
  2. We then access the timeZoneOffset property of dt to get the time zone offset.
  3. We print the result to standard output. Output varies depending on the current date and time.

Dart Program

void main() {
  var dt = DateTime.utc(2024, 5, 3, 10, 15, 30);
  print(dt.timeZoneOffset);
}

Output

0:00:00.000000

3 Get the time zone offset 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 timeZoneOffset property of dt to get the time zone offset.
  3. We print the result to standard output. Output varies depending on the current date and time.

Dart Program

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

Output

5:30:00.000000
Output varies depending on the parsed date and time.

Summary

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