DateFomatter in Swift


Apple Says
  • A formatter that converts between dates and their textual representations.


 In simple word
  • It is a class that can take a Date, and output a String describing that time/date as its format instructions dictate. In other words, it has a few pretty useful built-in formats, and the capability to accept a custom date format string.
  • It helps to convert date to string and also helps from string to date

Example of Date to String

let date : Date = Date()
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "MM/dd/yyyy"
let todaysDate = dateFormatter.string(from: date) //Output will be 05/04/2019


Example of String to Date

let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "MM/dd/yyyy"
let dateObj = dateFormatter.dateFromString("05/04/2019")


 More formatter

Sunday, Apr 07, 2019              --> EEEE, MMM d, yyyy
07/04/2019                        --> MM/dd/yyyy
07-04-2019 14:11                  --> MM-dd-yyyy HH:mm
Apr 07, 2:11 PM                   --> MMM d, h:mm a
April 2019                        --> MMMM yyyy
Apr 07, 2019                      --> MMM d, yyyy
Sun, 07 Apr 2019 14:11:54 +0000   --> E, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z
2019-07-12T14:11:54+0000          --> yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ
07.04.19                          --> dd.MM.yy
10:41:02.112                      --> HH:mm:ss.SSS
Thanks for reading, Happy Coding ðŸ‘¨‍💻

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