How can I convert string date to NSDate?

Question

I want to convert \"2014-07-15 06:55:14.198000+00:00\" this string date to NSDate in Swift.

Answer 1

Swift support extensions, with extension you can add a new functionality to an existing class, structure, enumeration, or protocol type.

You can add a new init function to NSDate object by extenging the object using the extension keyword.

extension NSDate
{
    convenience
    init(dateString:String) {
        let dateStringFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
        dateStringFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyyMMdd"
        dateStringFormatter.locale = NSLocale(localeIdentifier: "fr_CH_POSIX")
        let d = dateStringFormatter.dateFromString(dateString)!
        self.init(timeInterval:0, sinceDate:d)
    }
} 

Now you can init a NSDate object using:

let myDateObject = NSDate(dateString:"2010-12-15 06:00:00")