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calendar_time

Implementation of MomentJS's calendar time, plus a bunch of other helper methods.

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flutter pub add calendar_time

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A Flutter/Dart package that implements MomentJS's calendar time formatting, offering intuitive relative time displays like 'in 2 hours' or '2 days ago'. It includes additional helper methods for date manipulation and formatting, making it easier to work with timestamps in user-facing applications. Designed for cross-platform use, it supports Android, iOS, Web, macOS, Windows, and Linux. The package simplifies the presentation of time differences in a human-readable format, enhancing UX in apps requiring dynamic time displays.

Use cases

  • Displaying relative timestamps in chat apps
  • Showing post or activity ages in social feeds
  • Formatting time differences in notifications
  • Enhancing user experience with readable time labels
  • Simplifying date logic in task management apps

Key features

  • MomentJS-style calendar time formatting
  • Cross-platform compatibility
  • Helper methods for date operations
  • Human-readable time expressions
  • Easy integration via pub add command

Suitable for

  • Apps needing relative time displays
  • Developers familiar with MomentJS
  • Projects requiring consistent time formatting
  • UI-heavy applications with real-time updates
  • Teams prioritizing developer productivity

Considerations

  • Requires understanding of relative time concepts
  • May need localization setup for non-English locales
  • Limited to time formatting—no full date parsing
  • Depends on Dart's core DateTime class
  • Not suitable for complex date arithmetic

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calendar_time

Implementation of MomentJS's calendarTime function and some other helpful utilities.

I expect this project will get replaced with another more ambitious project in the future, but this has come in very handy. Extensions and pull requests welcome.

Usage

toHuman

Converting a DateTime to a human readable string

import 'package:calendar_time/calendar_time.dart';

main(){
  CalendarTime(DateTime.now()).toHuman; //Today at {current time}
}

Example output:

  • Today at {current time}
  • Tomorrow at {time}
  • Yesterday at {time}
  • {day} at {time}
  • Last {day} at {time}
  • date time (outside of the last or upcoming few weeks)

Honestly just check the code, but it is in line with Moment's logic.

You can also call .toHumanMultiLine that splits the output around at to have date and time on different lines.

format

Formats to current timezone

import 'package:calendar_time/calendar_time.dart';

main(){
  CalendarTime(DateTime.now()).format("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm");
}

See https://pub.dev/documentation/intl/latest/intl/DateFormat-class.html for options.

isToday

Return if the supplied DateTime is today

import 'package:calendar_time/calendar_time.dart';

main(){
  final calendarTime = CalendarTime(DateTime.now());
  calendarTime.isToday; //true
}
isTomorrow

Return if the supplied DateTime is tomorrow

import 'package:calendar_time/calendar_time.dart';

main(){
  final calendarTime = CalendarTime(DateTime.now());
  calendarTime.isTomorrow; //false
}
isNextWeek

Return if the supplied DateTime is next week

import 'package:calendar_time/calendar_time.dart';

main(){
  final calendarTime = CalendarTime(DateTime.now());
  calendarTime.isNextWeek; //false
}
isYesterday

Return if the supplied DateTime is yesterday

import 'package:calendar_time/calendar_time.dart';

main(){
  final calendarTime = CalendarTime(DateTime.now());
  calendarTime.isYesterday; //false
}
isLastweek

Return if the supplied DateTime is last week

import 'package:calendar_time/calendar_time.dart';

main(){
  final calendarTime = CalendarTime(DateTime.now());
  calendarTime.isLastWeek; //false
}
startOfToday

Return the beginning of today - not to be confused with startOfDay

import 'package:calendar_time/calendar_time.dart';

main(){
  final calendarTime = CalendarTime(DateTime.now());
  calendarTime.startOfToday; // DateTime
}
startOfDay

Return the beginning of the day of the CalendarTime obejct.

import 'package:calendar_time/calendar_time.dart';

main(){
  final calendarTime = CalendarTime(DateTime(2020,1,1));
  calendarTime.startOfDay; // 2020/01/01 0:0:0am
}
startOfYesterday

Return the beginning of yesterday

import 'package:calendar_time/calendar_time.dart';

main(){
  final calendarTime = CalendarTime(DateTime.now());
  calendarTime.startOfYesterday; // DateTime start of yesterday
}
startOfLastWeek

Return the beginning of lastWeek

import 'package:calendar_time/calendar_time.dart';

main(){
  final calendarTime = CalendarTime(DateTime.now());
  calendarTime.startOfLastWeek; // DateTime start of yesterday
}
endOfToday

Return the end of today (23:59:59:999:999) - not to be confused with endOfDay

import 'package:calendar_time/calendar_time.dart';

main(){
  final calendarTime = CalendarTime(DateTime.now());
  calendarTime.endOfToday; // DateTime
}
endOfDay

Return the end of the day of the CalendarTime object (23:59:59:999:999)

import 'package:calendar_time/calendar_time.dart';

main(){
  final calendarTime = CalendarTime(DateTime(2020, 1,1));
  calendarTime.endOfToday; // 2020/01/01 23:59:59:999:999
}
endOfTomorrow

Return the end of tomorrow

import 'package:calendar_time/calendar_time.dart';

main(){
  final calendarTime = CalendarTime(DateTime.now());
  calendarTime.endOfTomorrow; // DateTime
}
endOfNextWeek

Return the end of next week

import 'package:calendar_time/calendar_time.dart';

main(){
  final calendarTime = CalendarTime(DateTime.now());
  calendarTime.endOfNextWeek; // DateTime
}

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