string to date in my timeZone make wrong date - swift

I'm trying to convert String to date in my country time zone but the result is not as formatted I did
let dbl = TimeInterval(longDate)
let date = Date(timeIntervalSince1970: dbl / 1000)
let formatter = DateFormatter()
print(longDate)
formatter.calendar = Calendar(identifier: .persian)
formatter.locale = Locale(identifier: "fa_IR")
formatter.timeZone = TimeZone(identifier: "IRST")
formatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"
let a = formatter.string(from: date)
resultDate = dateFormatter.date(from: a)
print(reslutDate,a) //2018-08-02 11:56:28 +0000 incorrect time 1397-05-11 15:56:28 correct time
in print line date is correct but the time is incorrect. I need this time to my Timepicker
update :
I have listener for time when I change the time set the value on textField
like below :
self.timePickerFrom.addTarget(self, action: #selector(self.dateChangedFrom(_:)), for: .valueChanged). // the listener
and this is what I do for changing value :
let date = self.timePickerFrom.date
print(date)
let components = Calendar.current.dateComponents([.hour, .minute], from: date)
let hour = components.hour!
let minute = components.minute!
self.timeOfloadingLable.text = "\(hour):\(minute)"
but the problem is when I change minute goes 30Min forward

Your are doing it in wrong way, You should set format on date picker not the date of date picker.
Look at this code:
#IBOutlet weak var epoch: UITextField!
#IBOutlet weak var dateTimePicker: UIDatePicker!
#IBAction func presentDate(_ sender: UIButton) {
guard let text = epoch.text else {return}
guard let epoch = Double(text) else {return}
guard let date = convertDate(epoch: epoch) else {return}
dateTimePicker.date = date
dateTimePicker.timeZone = TimeZone(identifier: "IRST")
dateTimePicker.locale = Locale(identifier: "fa_IR")
dateTimePicker.calendar = Calendar(identifier: Calendar.Identifier.persian)
}
private func convertDate(epoch: Double) -> Date? {
let date = Date(timeIntervalSince1970: epoch)
return date
}
Is it what you mean?
I just uploaded a sample project, you can check it here: sample project

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Creating Date object from timestamp in Swift [duplicate]

I get a crash when running and it points at the dateFormmater.timezone.
The error in the console is:
Could not cast value of type 'Swift.Optional' (0x1192bf4a8) to 'NSTimeZone' (0x1192c0270).
the value of rowEvents.date is "1480134638.0"
Im trying to pull out a Unix timestamp from Firebase saved as a string. Convert it to Date and again save it as a string so I can post it on a cell label.
I got this code from StackOverflow. I plugged in my data and everything is all good until I run it. I guess everything is not all good...
if let lastUpdated : String = rowEvents.date {
let epocTime = TimeInterval(lastUpdated)! / 1000 // convert it from milliseconds dividing it by 1000
let unixTimestamp = NSDate(timeIntervalSince1970: epocTime) //convert unix timestamp to Date
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.timeZone = NSTimeZone() as TimeZone!
dateFormatter.locale = NSLocale.current // NSLocale(localeIdentifier: "en_US_POSIX")
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZZZZZ"
dateFormatter.date(from: String(describing: unixTimestamp))
let updatedTimeStamp = unixTimestamp
let cellDate = DateFormatter.localizedString(from: updatedTimeStamp as Date, dateStyle: DateFormatter.Style.full, timeStyle: DateFormatter.Style.medium)
cell.subtitleLabel.text = cellDate
}
The result came from this code here:
let myTimeStamp = self.datePicker?.date.timeIntervalSince1970
let calendarDate = String(describing: myTimeStamp! /** 1000*/)
You can convert unixTimestamp to date using Date(timeIntervalSince1970:).
let unixTimestamp = 1480134638.0
let date = Date(timeIntervalSince1970: unixTimestamp)
If you want to display date in string with specific formate than you can use DateFormatter like this way.
let date = Date(timeIntervalSince1970: unixtimeInterval)
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.timeZone = TimeZone(abbreviation: "GMT") //Set timezone that you want
dateFormatter.locale = NSLocale.current
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm" //Specify your format that you want
let strDate = dateFormatter.string(from: date)
The problem is the line dateFormatter.timeZone = NSTimeZone() as TimeZone!.
Simply use TimeZone instead of NSTimeZone like
dateFormatter.timeZone = TimeZone.current and your code will work.
You might also remove your / 1000 because 1480134638.0 looks more like seconds than milliseconds (since 1970).
Swift 4.1. I created a function. Just pass you timeStamp in function param and function will return data in string data type. You can add more properties to DateFormatter object.
func getDateFromTimeStamp(timeStamp : Double) -> String {
let date = NSDate(timeIntervalSince1970: timeStamp / 1000)
let dayTimePeriodFormatter = DateFormatter()
dayTimePeriodFormatter.dateFormat = "dd MMM YY, hh:mm a"
// UnComment below to get only time
// dayTimePeriodFormatter.dateFormat = "hh:mm a"
let dateString = dayTimePeriodFormatter.string(from: date as Date)
return dateString
}
Using playground all I did was this.
let epochTime = 1547855446
let newTime = Date(timeIntervalSince1970: TimeInterval(epochTime))
print(newTime)
Returns this - 2019-01-18 23:50:46 +0000
extension Double{
func convertDate(formate: String) -> String {
let date = (timeIntervalSince1970: self)
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.timeZone = TimeZone.current
dateFormatter.locale = NSLocale(localeIdentifier: "(your localization language)" ) as Locale //localization language
dateFormatter.dateFormat = formate //Specify your format that you want let
strDate = dateFormatter.string(from: date)
return strDate
}
}
//usage
let timeStamp:Double = Double(1595407043)
print(timeStamp.convertDate(formate: "EEEE dd/MM/YYY"))
This solution is valid for swift 3 -> 4.2 :
you can add an extension on the Double that returns the date formatted:
extension Double {
// returns the date formatted.
var dateFormatted : String? {
let date = Date(timeIntervalSince1970: self)
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.timeStyle = DateFormatter.Style.none //Set time style
dateFormatter.dateStyle = DateFormatter.Style.short //Set date style
return dateFormatter.string(from: date)
}
// returns the date formatted according to the format string provided.
func dateFormatted(withFormat format : String) -> String{
let date = Date(timeIntervalSince1970: self)
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = format
return dateFormatter.string(from: date)
}
}
example on the above :
let timeStamp = 82749029.0
print(timeStamp. dateFormatted)
//output
//12/11/1994
let timeStamp = 82749029.0
print(timeStamp. dateFormatted(withFormat : "MM-dd-yyyy HH:mm"))
//output
//12-11-1994 13:04

Getting Hour value from time string in Swift

I am trying to get an Int value for Hour from a string.
let time = 13:24
func getNtfHour() -> Date{
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "HH"
let result = dateFormatter.date(from: time)!
return result //2000-01-01 08:24:00 +0000
}
As you can see my current code return a whole date and the time does not match with the string. How do I fix it?
edit: I managed to to this by using date components
let time = 13:24
func getNtfHour() -> Int{
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "HH:mm"
let result = dateFormatter.date(from: time)!
let calendar = Calendar.current.component(.hour, from: result)
return calendar //13
}
As a time string is actually not related to a Dateformatter an easier way is to parse the string directly.
If the hour has always two digits
let time = "13:24"
let hour = Int(time.prefix(2))
or otherwise
let time = "13:24"
if let range = time.range(of: "^\\d+", options: .regularExpression) {
let hour = Int(time[range])
}

Calculate age from birth date using textfield and NSDateComponents in Swift4

I am trying calculate the age from birthday Date in Swift with this function: (want to write in a textField and pass this data from VC in a Label)
{
var a = self.dob.text
var c = a!.components(separatedBy: "-")
var y1 = c[2]
let cal = NSCalendar? = NSCalendar(calendarIdentifier: .gregorian)
let now = Date()
let year = Calendar.components(.year, from: dob!, to: now, options: [])
let age = (year!) - Int(y1)!
self.myage.text = String(age)
}
But I get an error cannot assign NSCalendar?.Type, but I don't know why get this error (its my first time coding)
You have a few problems in your code. First there is a type as already mentioned by Qi Hao, second you are passing dob is a text field you and Calendar components method expects two dates, so you should first parse the text field date then you can get the year component difference from input date and now:
Playground Testing
let dob = UITextField()
dob.text = "03-27-2002"
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.locale = Locale(identifier: "en_US_POSIX")
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "MM-dd-yyyy"
if let date = dateFormatter.date(from: dob.text!) {
let age = Calendar.current.dateComponents([.year], from: date, to: Date()).year!
print(age) // 16
}
func age(on baseDate: DateComponents) -> Int {
if baseDate.month > month {
return baseDate.year - year
}
if baseDate.month == month && baseDate.day >= day {
return baseDate.year - year
}
return baseDate.year - year - 1
}
try this:
func calcAge(birthday: String) -> Int {
let dateFormater = DateFormatter()
dateFormater.dateFormat = "MM/dd/yyyy"
let birthdayDate = dateFormater.date(from: birthday)
let calendar: NSCalendar! = NSCalendar(calendarIdentifier: .gregorian)
let now = Date()
let calcAge = calendar.components(.year, from: birthdayDate!, to: now, options: [])
let age = calcAge.year
return age!
}

How to configure DateFormatter to capture microseconds

iOS Date() returns date with at least microsecond precision.
I checked this statement by calling Date().timeIntervalSince1970 which results in 1490891661.074981
Then I need to convert date into string with microsecond precision.
I am using DateFormatter in following way:
let formatter = DateFormatter()
formatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSSSSZZZZZ"
print(formatter.string(from: date))
which results in
"2017-03-30T16:34:21.075000Z"
Now if we compare two results:
1490891661.074981 and "2017-03-30T16:34:21.075000Z"
we can notice that DateFormatter rounds date to millisecond precision while still presenting zeros for microseconds.
Does anybody know how to configure DateFormatter so I can keep microseconds and get correct result: "2017-03-30T16:34:21.074981Z"?
Thanks to #MartinR for solving first half of my problem and to #ForestKunecke for giving me tips how to solve second half of the problem.
Based on their help I created ready to use solution which converts date from string and vice versa with microsecond precision:
public final class MicrosecondPrecisionDateFormatter: DateFormatter {
private let microsecondsPrefix = "."
override public init() {
super.init()
locale = Locale(identifier: "en_US_POSIX")
timeZone = TimeZone(secondsFromGMT: 0)
}
required public init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
}
override public func string(from date: Date) -> String {
dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss"
let components = calendar.dateComponents(Set([Calendar.Component.nanosecond]), from: date)
let nanosecondsInMicrosecond = Double(1000)
let microseconds = lrint(Double(components.nanosecond!) / nanosecondsInMicrosecond)
// Subtract nanoseconds from date to ensure string(from: Date) doesn't attempt faulty rounding.
let updatedDate = calendar.date(byAdding: .nanosecond, value: -(components.nanosecond!), to: date)!
let dateTimeString = super.string(from: updatedDate)
let string = String(format: "%#.%06ldZ",
dateTimeString,
microseconds)
return string
}
override public func date(from string: String) -> Date? {
dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZZZZZ"
guard let microsecondsPrefixRange = string.range(of: microsecondsPrefix) else { return nil }
let microsecondsWithTimeZoneString = String(string.suffix(from: microsecondsPrefixRange.upperBound))
let nonDigitsCharacterSet = CharacterSet.decimalDigits.inverted
guard let timeZoneRangePrefixRange = microsecondsWithTimeZoneString.rangeOfCharacter(from: nonDigitsCharacterSet) else { return nil }
let microsecondsString = String(microsecondsWithTimeZoneString.prefix(upTo: timeZoneRangePrefixRange.lowerBound))
guard let microsecondsCount = Double(microsecondsString) else { return nil }
let dateStringExludingMicroseconds = string
.replacingOccurrences(of: microsecondsString, with: "")
.replacingOccurrences(of: microsecondsPrefix, with: "")
guard let date = super.date(from: dateStringExludingMicroseconds) else { return nil }
let microsecondsInSecond = Double(1000000)
let dateWithMicroseconds = date + microsecondsCount / microsecondsInSecond
return dateWithMicroseconds
}
}
Usage:
let formatter = MicrosecondPrecisionDateFormatter()
let date = Date(timeIntervalSince1970: 1490891661.074981)
let formattedString = formatter.string(from: date) // 2017-03-30T16:34:21.074981Z
The resolution of (NS)DateFormatter is limited to milliseconds, compare
NSDateFormatter milliseconds bug. A possible solution is to retrieve all date components (up to
nanoseconds) as numbers and do a custom string formatting. The date formatter can still be used for the timezone string.
Example:
let date = Date(timeIntervalSince1970: 1490891661.074981)
let formatter = DateFormatter()
formatter.dateFormat = "ZZZZZ"
let tzString = formatter.string(from: date)
let cal = Calendar.current
let comps = cal.dateComponents([.year, .month, .day, .hour, .minute, .second, .nanosecond],
from: date)
let microSeconds = lrint(Double(comps.nanosecond!)/1000) // Divide by 1000 and round
let formatted = String(format: "%04ld-%02ld-%02ldT%02ld:%02ld:%02ld.%06ld",
comps.year!, comps.month!, comps.day!,
comps.hour!, comps.minute!, comps.second!,
microSeconds) + tzString
print(formatted) // 2017-03-30T18:34:21.074981+02:00
Solution by #Vlad Papko has some issue:
For dates like following:
2019-02-01T00:01:54.3684Z
it can make string with extra zero:
2019-02-01T00:01:54.03684Z
Here is fixed solution, it's ugly, but works without issues:
override public func string(from date: Date) -> String {
dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss"
let components = calendar.dateComponents(Set([Calendar.Component.nanosecond]), from: date)
let nanosecondsInMicrosecond = Double(1000)
let microseconds = lrint(Double(components.nanosecond!) / nanosecondsInMicrosecond)
// Subtract nanoseconds from date to ensure string(from: Date) doesn't attempt faulty rounding.
let updatedDate = calendar.date(byAdding: .nanosecond, value: -(components.nanosecond!), to: date)!
let dateTimeString = super.string(from: updatedDate)
let stingWithMicroseconds = "\(date.timeIntervalSinceReferenceDate)"
let dotIndex = stingWithMicroseconds.lastIndex(of: ".")!
let hasZero = stingWithMicroseconds[stingWithMicroseconds.index(after: dotIndex)] == "0"
let format = hasZero ? "%#.%06ldZ" : "%#.%6ldZ"
let string = String(format: format,
dateTimeString,
microseconds)
return string
}
It is a bit of a hack, but not that complex and 100% Swift:
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.'MICROS'xx"
dateFormatter.locale = Locale(identifier: "en_US_POSIX")
// Get the number of microseconds with a precision of 6 digits
let now = Date()
let dateParts = Calendar.current.dateComponents([.nanosecond], from: now)
let microSeconds = Int((Double(dateParts.nanosecond!) / 1000).rounded(.toNearestOrEven))
let microSecPart = String(microSeconds).padding(toLength: 6, withPad: "0", startingAt: 0)
// Format the date and add in the microseconds
var timestamp = dateFormatter.string(from: now)
timestamp = timestamp.replacingOccurrences(of: "MICROS", with: microSecPart)

Swift displaying the time or date based on timestamp

I have an API that returns data including a timestamp for that record.
In swift I have the timestamp element loaded and converted into a double and can then convert that into time. I want to be able to return the time if the date of the record is today and return the date if the record is not today.
See below:
let unixTimeString:Double = Double(rowData["Timestamp"] as! String)!
let date = NSDate(timeIntervalSince1970: unixTimeString) // This is on EST time and has not yet been localised.
var dateFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
dateFormatter.timeStyle = .ShortStyle
dateFormatter.doesRelativeDateFormatting = true
// If the date is today then just display the time, if the date is not today display the date and change the text color to grey.
var stringTimestampResponse = dateFormatter.stringFromDate(date)
cell.timestampLabel.text = String(stringTimestampResponse)
Do I use NSCalendar to see if 'date' is today and then do something?
How do you then localise the time so that its correct for the user rather than server time?
There is a handy function on NSCalendar that tells you whether an NSDate is in today or not (requires at least iOS 8) isDateInToday()
To see it working, put this into a playground:
// Create a couple of unix dates.
let timeIntervalToday: NSTimeInterval = NSDate().timeIntervalSince1970
let timeIntervalLastYear: NSTimeInterval = 1438435830
// This is just to show what the dates are.
let now = NSDate(timeIntervalSince1970: timeIntervalToday)
let then = NSDate(timeIntervalSince1970: timeIntervalLastYear)
// This is the function to show a formatted date from the timestamp
func displayTimestamp(ts: Double) -> String {
let date = NSDate(timeIntervalSince1970: ts)
let formatter = NSDateFormatter()
formatter.timeZone = NSTimeZone.systemTimeZone()
if NSCalendar.currentCalendar().isDateInToday(date) {
formatter.dateStyle = .NoStyle
formatter.timeStyle = .ShortStyle
} else {
formatter.dateStyle = .ShortStyle
formatter.timeStyle = .NoStyle
}
return formatter.stringFromDate(date)
}
// This should just show the time.
displayTimestamp(timeIntervalToday)
// This should just show the date.
displayTimestamp(timeIntervalLastYear)
Or, if you just want to see what it looks like without running it yourself:
Abizern's answer in Swift 3:
import UIKit
let timeIntervalToday: TimeInterval = Date().timeIntervalSince1970
let timeIntervalLastYear: TimeInterval = 1438435830
// This is just to show what the dates are.
let now = Date(timeIntervalSince1970: timeIntervalToday)
let then = Date(timeIntervalSince1970: timeIntervalLastYear)
// This is the function to show a formatted date from the timestamp
func displayTimestamp(ts: Double) -> String {
let date = Date(timeIntervalSince1970: ts)
let formatter = DateFormatter()
//formatter.timeZone = NSTimeZone.system
if Calendar.current.isDateInToday(date) {
formatter.dateStyle = .none
formatter.timeStyle = .short
} else {
formatter.dateStyle = .short
formatter.timeStyle = .none
}
return formatter.string(from: date)
}
// This should just show the time.
displayTimestamp(ts: timeIntervalToday)
// This should just show the date.
displayTimestamp(ts: timeIntervalLastYear)