toString method

  1. @override
String toString()
override

A string representation of this object.

Some classes have a default textual representation, often paired with a static parse function (like int.parse). These classes will provide the textual representation as their string representation.

Other classes have no meaningful textual representation that a program will care about. Such classes will typically override toString to provide useful information when inspecting the object, mainly for debugging or logging.

Implementation

@override
String toString() {
  String two(int v) => v.toString().padLeft(2, '0');
  final sec = second.toStringAsFixed(3).padLeft(6, '0');
  final cal = calendar == Calendar.julian ? 'Jul.' : 'Greg.';
  return '$year-${two(month)}-${two(day)} '
      '${two(hour)}:${two(minute)}:$sec ($cal)';
}