getMonthFromDate method

String getMonthFromDate({
  1. String locale = 'en',
})

Returns the month 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 month = date.getMonthFromDate(); // returns 'August'
String grMonth = date.getMonthFromDate(locale:'el'); // returns 'Αυγούστου'

Implementation

String getMonthFromDate({String locale = 'en'}) {
  initializeDateFormatting(locale);
  if (this.isBlank) {
    return this;
  }

  var date = DateTime.tryParse(this);
  if (date == null) {
    return '';
  }
  return DateFormat('MMMM', locale).format(date).toString();
}