getDayFromDate method

String getDayFromDate({
  1. String? format,
  2. String? locale,
})

Returns the day name of the date provided in String format.

If the date is in DateTime format, you can convert it to String DateTime().toString().

You can provide the locale to filter the result to a specific language.

Defaults to 'en-US'.

Example

String date = '2021-10-23';
String day = date.getDayFromDate(); // returns 'Saturday'
String grDay = date.getDayFromDate(locale:'el'); // returns 'Σάββατο'

Implementation

String getDayFromDate({String? format, String? locale}) {
  if (isBlank) {
    return blankIfNull;
  }
  return toDate(format, locale).format('EEEE');
}