How to parse an ISO-8601 duration in Objective C?

Question

I\'m looking for an easy way to parse a string that contains an ISO-8601 duration in Objective C. The result should be something usable like a NSTimeI

Answer 1

This version parse every youtube duration without errors.
Important: This version use ARC.

- (NSString*)parseISO8601Time:(NSString*)duration
{
    NSInteger hours = 0;
    NSInteger minutes = 0;
    NSInteger seconds = 0;

    //Get Time part from ISO 8601 formatted duration http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601#Durations
    duration = [duration substringFromIndex:[duration rangeOfString:@"T"].location];

    while ([duration length] > 1) { //only one letter remains after parsing
        duration = [duration substringFromIndex:1];

        NSScanner *scanner = [[NSScanner alloc] initWithString:duration];

        NSString *durationPart = [[NSString alloc] init];
        [scanner scanCharactersFromSet:[NSCharacterSet characterSetWithCharactersInString:@"0123456789"] intoString:&durationPart];

        NSRange rangeOfDurationPart = [duration rangeOfString:durationPart];

        duration = [duration substringFromIndex:rangeOfDurationPart.location + rangeOfDurationPart.length];

        if ([[duration substringToIndex:1] isEqualToString:@"H"]) {
            hours = [durationPart intValue];
        }
        if ([[duration substringToIndex:1] isEqualToString:@"M"]) {
            minutes = [durationPart intValue];
        }
        if ([[duration substringToIndex:1] isEqualToString:@"S"]) {
            seconds = [durationPart intValue];
        }
    }

    return [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%02d:%02d:%02d", hours, minutes, seconds];
}

Answer 2

Swift 4.2 version

Works with years, months, days, hours, minutes, seconds. Seconds can be float number.

extension String{
    public func parseISO8601Time() -> Duration {

        let nsISO8601 = NSString(string: self)

        var days = 0, hours = 0, minutes = 0, seconds: Float = 0, weeks = 0, months = 0, years = 0
        var i = 0

        var beforeT:Bool = true

        while i < nsISO8601.length  {

            var str = nsISO8601.substring(with: NSRange(location: i, length: nsISO8601.length - i))

            i += 1

            if str.hasPrefix("P") || str.hasPrefix("T") {
                beforeT = !str.hasPrefix("T")
                continue
            }

            let scanner = Scanner(string: str)
            var value: Float = 0

            if scanner.scanFloat(&value) {

                i += scanner.scanLocation - 1

                str = nsISO8601.substring(with: NSRange(location: i, length: nsISO8601.length - i))

                i += 1

                if str.hasPrefix("Y") {
                    years = Int(value)
                } else if str.hasPrefix("M") {
                    if beforeT{
                        months = Int(value)
                    }else{
                        minutes = Int(value)
                    }
                } else if str.hasPrefix("W") {
                    weeks = Int(value)
                } else if str.hasPrefix("D") {
                    days = Int(value)
                } else if str.hasPrefix("H") {
                    hours = Int(value)
                } else if str.hasPrefix("S") {
                    seconds = value
                }
            }
        }

        return Duration(years: years, months: months, weeks: weeks, days: days, hours: hours, minutes: minutes, seconds: seconds)
}      

Duration struct:

public struct Duration {

let daysInMonth: Int = 30
let daysInYear: Int = 365

var years: Int
var months: Int
var weeks: Int
var days: Int
var hours: Int
var minutes: Int
var seconds: Float

public func getMilliseconds() -> Int{
    return Int(round(seconds*1000)) + minutes*60*1000 + hours*60*60*1000 + days*24*60*60*1000 + weeks*7*24*60*60*1000 + months*daysInMonth*24*60*60*1000 + years*daysInYear*24*60*60*1000
}

public func getFormattedString() -> String{

    var formattedString = ""

    if years != 0{
        formattedString.append("\(years)")
        formattedString.append(" ")
        formattedString.append(years == 1 ? "year".localized() : "years".localized())
        formattedString.append(" ")
    }

    if months != 0{
        formattedString.append("\(months)")
        formattedString.append(" ")
        formattedString.append(months == 1 ? "month".localized() : "months".localized())
        formattedString.append(" ")
    }

    if weeks != 0{
        formattedString.append("\(weeks)")
        formattedString.append(" ")
        formattedString.append(weeks == 1 ? "week".localized() : "weeks".localized())
        formattedString.append(" ")
    }

    if days != 0{
        formattedString.append("\(days)")
        formattedString.append(" ")
        formattedString.append(days == 1 ? "day".localized() : "days".localized())
        formattedString.append(" ")
    }

    if seconds != 0{
        formattedString.append(String(format: "%02d:%02d:%.02f", hours, minutes, seconds))
    }else{
        formattedString.append(String(format: "%02d:%02d", hours, minutes))
    }

    return formattedString
}

}

Answer 3

Here is swift 3 version of headkaze example: This format was most suitable in my case:

private func parseISO8601Time(iso8601: String) -> String {

    let nsISO8601 = NSString(string: iso8601)

    var days = 0, hours = 0, minutes = 0, seconds = 0
    var i = 0

    while i < nsISO8601.length  {

        var str = nsISO8601.substring(with: NSRange(location: i, length: nsISO8601.length - i))

        i += 1

        if str.hasPrefix("P") || str.hasPrefix("T") { continue }

        let scanner = Scanner(string: str)
        var value = 0

        if scanner.scanInt(&value) {

            i += scanner.scanLocation - 1

            str = nsISO8601.substring(with: NSRange(location: i, length: nsISO8601.length - i))

            i += 1

            if str.hasPrefix("D") {
                days = value
            } else if str.hasPrefix("H") {
                hours = value
            } else if str.hasPrefix("M") {
                minutes = value
            } else if str.hasPrefix("S") {
                seconds = value
            }
        }
    }

    if days > 0 {
        hours += 24 * days
    }

    if hours > 0 {
        return String(format: "%d:%02d:%02d", hours, minutes, seconds)
    }

    return String(format: "%d:%02d", minutes, seconds)

}

Answer 4

Quick and dirty implementation

    - (NSInteger)integerFromYoutubeDurationString:(NSString*)duration{

    if(duration == nil){
        return 0;
    }

    NSString *startConst = @"PT";
    NSString *hoursConst = @"H";
    NSString *minutesConst = @"M";
    NSString *secondsConst = @"S";
    NSString *hours = nil;
    NSString *minutes = nil;
    NSString *seconds = nil;
    NSInteger totalSeconds = 0;

    NSString *clean = [duration componentsSeparatedByString:startConst][1];

    if([clean containsString:hoursConst]){
        hours = [clean componentsSeparatedByString:hoursConst][0];
        clean = [clean componentsSeparatedByString:hoursConst][1];
        totalSeconds = [hours integerValue]*3600;
    }
    if([clean containsString:minutesConst]){
        minutes = [clean componentsSeparatedByString:minutesConst][0];
        clean = [clean componentsSeparatedByString:minutesConst][1];
        totalSeconds = totalSeconds + [minutes integerValue]*60;
    }
    if([clean containsString:secondsConst]){
        seconds = [clean componentsSeparatedByString:secondsConst][0];
        totalSeconds = totalSeconds + [seconds integerValue];
    }

    return totalSeconds;
}

Answer 5

Swift3,4,5 implementation: https://github.com/Igor-Palaguta/YoutubeEngine/blob/master/Source/YoutubeEngine/Parser/NSDateComponents%2BISO8601.swift

Example: let components = try DateComponents(ISO8601String: "P1Y2M3DT4H5M6S")

Tests: https://github.com/Igor-Palaguta/YoutubeEngine/blob/master/Tests/YoutubeEngineTests/ISO8601DurationTests.swift

Update: fixed for DougSwith case "P3W3DT20H31M21"

Answer 6

slightly modifying function of the user

Sergei Pekar

+ (NSString*)parseISO8601Time:(NSString*)duration
{
    NSInteger hours = 0;
    NSInteger minutes = 0;
    NSInteger seconds = 0;

    //Get Time part from ISO 8601 formatted duration http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601#Durations
    if ([duration rangeOfString:@"T"].location == NSNotFound || [duration rangeOfString:@"P"].location == NSNotFound) {
        NSLog(@"Time is not a part from ISO 8601 formatted duration");
        return @"0:00 Error";
    }

    duration = [duration substringFromIndex:[duration rangeOfString:@"T"].location];

    while ([duration length] > 1) { //only one letter remains after parsing
        duration = [duration substringFromIndex:1];

        NSScanner *scanner = [[NSScanner alloc] initWithString:duration];
        NSString *durationPart = [[NSString alloc] init];
        [scanner scanCharactersFromSet:[NSCharacterSet characterSetWithCharactersInString:@"0123456789"] intoString:&durationPart];

        NSRange rangeOfDurationPart = [duration rangeOfString:durationPart];

        if ((rangeOfDurationPart.location + rangeOfDurationPart.length) > duration.length) {
            NSLog(@"Time is not a part from ISO 8601 formatted duration");
            return @"0:00 Error";
        }

        duration = [duration substringFromIndex:rangeOfDurationPart.location + rangeOfDurationPart.length];

        if ([[duration substringToIndex:1] isEqualToString:@"H"]) {
            hours = [durationPart intValue];
        }
        if ([[duration substringToIndex:1] isEqualToString:@"M"]) {
            minutes = [durationPart intValue];
        }
        if ([[duration substringToIndex:1] isEqualToString:@"S"]) {
            seconds = [durationPart intValue];
        }
    }

    if (hours != 0)
        return [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%ld:%02ld:%02ld", (long)hours, (long)minutes, (long)seconds];
    else
        return [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%ld:%02ld", (long)minutes, (long)seconds];
}