Convert date string swift

Question

I have a date string in this format:

2016-06-20T13:01:46.457+02:00

and I need to change it to something like this:

20/06/20         


        

Answer 1

I always use this code while converting String to Date . (Swift 3)

extension String
{
     func  toDate( dateFormat format  : String) -> Date
    {
        let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
        dateFormatter.dateFormat = format
        if let date = dateFormatter.date(from: self)
        {
            return date
        }
        print("Invalid arguments ! Returning Current Date . ")
        return Date()
    }
}

and just call like . .

print ( "2016-06-20T13:01:46.457+02:00".toDate(dateFormat: "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ") )
//Capital HH for 24-Hour Time 

Answer 2

The standard ISO8601 date format with fractional seconds and time zone is

yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ

let myDate = "2016-06-20T13:01:46.457+02:00"
let dateFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
dateFormatter.locale = NSLocale(localeIdentifier: "en_US_POSIX") // edited
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ"
let date = dateFormatter.dateFromString(myDate)!
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "dd/MM/yyyy"
let dateString = dateFormatter.stringFromDate(date)

Swift 3:

let myDate = "2016-06-20T13:01:46.457+02:00"
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.locale = Locale(identifier: "en_US_POSIX") // edited
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ"
let date = dateFormatter.date(from:myDate)!
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "dd/MM/yyyy"
let dateString = dateFormatter.string(from:date)

In macOS 10.13+, iOS 11+ ISO8601DateFormatter is an alternative as input formatter

let myDate = "2016-06-20T13:01:46.457+02:00"
let inputFormatter = ISO8601DateFormatter()
inputFormatter.formatOptions = [.withFullDate, .withFullTime, .withFractionalSeconds]
let date = dateFormatter.date(from:myDate)!
let outputFormatter = DateFormatter()
outputFormatter.locale = Locale(identifier: "en_US_POSIX")
outputFormatter.dateFormat = "dd/MM/yyyy"
let dateString = dateFormatter.string(from:date)

Answer 3

I always use this code while converting String to Date. (Swift 4.2)

    let myDate = datePicker.date
    let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
    dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ"
    let date = myDate
    dateFormatter.dateFormat = "dd/MM/yyyy"
    let dateString = dateFormatter.string(from:date)
    print(dateString)

You can try manually also:

    let myDate = "2019-02-22T08:21:11+0000"
    let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
    dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ"
    let date = myDate
    dateFormatter.dateFormat = "dd/MM/yyyy"
    let dateString = dateFormatter.string(from:date)
    print(dateString)