date picker and date to user readable string

date_format.dart

import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:intl/intl.dart';

Future<DateTime> fetchDate(BuildContext context,
    {DateTime initialDate, DateTime last}) async {
  DateTime t = await showDatePicker(
    context: context,
    firstDate: DateTime(DateTime.now().year - 1),
    initialDate: initialDate ?? DateTime.now(),
    lastDate: last ?? DateTime(DateTime.now().year + 2),
  );
  return t;
}

String dateAsReadable(DateTime d, String f) {
  //f ~ 'dd-MMM-yyyy' 'd-M-yyyy h:mm a' 'EEEE'//day
  DateFormat formatter = new DateFormat(f);
  return formatter.format(d);
}

DateTime optimizeDate(DateTime d) {
  return DateTime(d.year, d.month, d.day);
}