Cannot find the right logic to translate the NSDate to string - swift

Question

I am very new to swift and found this one difficult, so its saying that it cannot be parsed to a variable because its not a string.
I searched and found something but it was not related near to my type of code so I am kindly asking for it :)
let dateFormatterGet = DateFormatter()
dateFormatterGet.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"
let dateFormatterPrint = DateFormatter()
dateFormatterPrint.dateFormat = "MMM dd,yyyy"
let date: NSDate? = dateFormatterGet.date(from: currentVechicle.LastCommunicationDate!) as NSDate?
print(dateFormatterPrint.string(from: date! as Date))
cell.perditsuarOutlet.text = date // Error: Cannot assign value of type 'NSDate?' to type 'String?'

Answer 1

You are printing the correct String value, but assigning the variable date which typed as NSDate? to the text property, which should be a String.
Try doing this:
let dateString = dateFormatterPrint.string(from: date! as Date)
cell.perditsuarOutlet.text = dateString
One piece of advice: don't force unwrap here (date! as Date). Instead, include a way to handle nil values for your "optional" NSDate? variable. One way to do this would look like this:
if let date = dateFormatterGet.date(from: currentVechicle.LastCommunicationDate!) as NSDate? {
cell.perditsuarOutlet.text = dateFormatterPrint.string(from: date as Date)
} else {
cell.perditsuarOutlet.text = "Empty or invalid date"
}
I know this looks like a lot of overhead, but it is worth it to avoid crashes down the line...

Answer 2

your date constant is an NSDate.
and the cells text property is a String.
You can't pair the two together since they aren't the same type.
Since you can't change the cells text type, that only leaves you with 1 option. You'll have to turn the NSDate into a String.
I recommend taking a look at Paul Hudsons 100 Days of Swift. It was a fantastic resource when I first started. The link I've provided points to his lessons from Day 1 about Strings
Keep up the good work. I promise it gets better :)