How to convert "MM/DD/YYYY" to TZDateTime format

Question

I am implementing flutter local notification plugin in my todo app and I want to schedule the notification for a specific day and time, The date picker and time picker shows the date like this: 12/26/2021 and the time like this: 03:17 PM, How do I convert this to TZDateTime format

Answer 1

Try out the below code

 TZDateTime tzDateTime;
    String dateTime = getFormattedDateFromFormattedString(
        value: "12/26/2021 3:16 PM",
        currentFormat: "MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm a",
        desiredFormat: "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");

    tz.initializeTimeZones();
    tzDateTime = tz.TZDateTime.parse(tz.local, dateTime);

    print(tzDateTime);
}

// format your given time
  getFormattedDateFromFormattedString(
      {value, String currentFormat, String desiredFormat, isUtc = true}) {
    DateTime dateTime = DateTime.now();
    if (value != null || value.isNotEmpty) {
      try {
        dateTime = DateFormat(currentFormat).parse(value, isUtc).toLocal();
      } catch (e) {
        print("$e");
      }
    }
    return dateTime.toString();
  }