How to get time (hour, minute, second) in Swift 3 using NSDate?

Question

How can you determine the hour, minute and second from NSDate class in Swift 3?

In Swift 2:

let date = NSDate()
let calendar = NSCalendar.currentCale         


        

Answer 1

swift 4

==> Getting iOS device current time:-

print(" ---> ",(Calendar.current.component(.hour, from: Date())),":",
               (Calendar.current.component(.minute, from: Date())),":",
               (Calendar.current.component(.second, from: Date())))

output: ---> 10 : 11: 34

Answer 2

For best useful I create this function:

func dateFormatting() -> String {
    let date = Date()
    let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
    dateFormatter.dateFormat = "EEEE dd MMMM yyyy - HH:mm:ss"//"EE" to get short style
    let mydt = dateFormatter.string(from: date).capitalized

    return "\(mydt)"
}

You simply call it wherever you want like this:

print("Date = \(self.dateFormatting())")

this is the Output:

Date = Monday 15 October 2018 - 17:26:29

if want only the time simply change :

dateFormatter.dateFormat  = "HH:mm:ss"

and this is the output:

Date = 17:27:30

and that's it...

Answer 3

In Swift 3.0 Apple removed 'NS' prefix and made everything simple. Below is the way to get hour, minute and second from 'Date' class (NSDate alternate)

let date = Date()
let calendar = Calendar.current

let hour = calendar.component(.hour, from: date)
let minutes = calendar.component(.minute, from: date)
let seconds = calendar.component(.second, from: date)
print("hours = \(hour):\(minutes):\(seconds)")

Like these you can get era, year, month, date etc. by passing corresponding.

Answer 4

let hours = time / 3600
let minutes = (time / 60) % 60
let seconds = time % 60
return String(format: "%0.2d:%0.2d:%0.2d", hours, minutes, seconds)

Answer 5

Swift 5+

extension Date {
    
    func get(_ type: Calendar.Component)-> String {
        let calendar = Calendar.current
        let t = calendar.component(type, from: self)
        return (t < 10 ? "0\(t)" : t.description)
    }
}

Usage:

print(Date().get(.year)) // => 2020
print(Date().get(.month)) // => 08
print(Date().get(.day)) // => 18 

Answer 6

let date = Date()       
let units: Set<Calendar.Component> = [.hour, .day, .month, .year]
let comps = Calendar.current.dateComponents(units, from: date)