How can I convert date string to time string? - swift

Question

I have a string that looks like this:
"date": "2022-06-30T02:15:00.000+07:00"
And I formatted it to convert to "HH:mm" like this:
func formatTime(string: String) -> String {
let dateFormatterGet = DateFormatter()
dateFormatterGet.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZZZZZ"
let dateFormatterPrint = DateFormatter()
dateFormatterPrint.dateFormat = "HH:mm"
let date: Date? = dateFormatterGet.date(from: string)
return dateFormatterPrint.string(from: date ?? Date())
}
The result I want it returns is 09:15, but it returns 02:15.
Can someone tell me where I went wrong? Thank you

Answer 1

"2022-06-30T02:15:00.000+07:00" is the date in the time zone plus 7 hours from the UTC time zone. Than this date in UTC is “ 2022-06-29T19:15:00Z”
while dateFormatterPrint has a default locale configuration according to the phone settings
You need to set UTC timezone

Answer 2

In this case you might want to convert the DateTime to your local time first:
Convert To LocalTime:
func utcToLocal(dateStr: String) -> String? {
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "HH:mm"
dateFormatter.timeZone = TimeZone(abbreviation: "UTC")
if let date = dateFormatter.date(from: dateStr) {
dateFormatter.timeZone = TimeZone.current
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "HH:mm"
return dateFormatter.string(from: date)
}
return nil
}
And then:
let utcTime = formatTime(string: "2022-06-30T02:15:00.000+07:00")
let localTime = utcToLocal(dateStr: utcTime)
print(localTime)
The Result:
09:15
I hope this help you solve your problem.