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
I need to date and time with my own format like time in AM/PM (12 hours).
extension Date {
func getStringFromDateWithUTCFormat() -> ObjTimeStamp {
let dateFormatterPrint = DateFormatter()
dateFormatterPrint.timeZone = TimeZone.init(abbreviation: "UTC")
// Get Date
dateFormatterPrint.dateFormat = "MM/dd/yyyy" //"MMM dd,yyyy"
let date = dateFormatterPrint.string(from: self)
// Get Time
dateFormatterPrint.dateFormat = "hh:mm:ss a"
let time = dateFormatterPrint.string(from: self)
return ObjTimeStamp.init(date: date, time: time, timeStamp: self)
}
}
Update
Calling function
self.currentDate = Date()
let objTimeStamp = currentDate.getStringFromDateWithUTCFormat()
Perfect work when device time in 12-hour format when I try to change device time in 24-hour formate then given wrong time format.
set your dateFormatter locale to en-US then try to convert, it's works for me when iPhone's time format is 24 hour:
let date = Date()
let formatter = DateFormatter()
formatter.locale = Locale(identifier: "en-US")
formatter.dateFormat = "hh:mm a"
let time12 = formatter.string(from: date)
print(time12)
output:
01:37 PM
I'm trying to get the current date. Current Date and time is 2019-12-16 05:12:59 but I get 2019-12-16 10:12:59.
let dateAdded = itemDict["time"] as! String
let df = DateFormatter()
df.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss"
let currentTime = df.date(from: dateAdded)
let dateTime = currentTime!.addingTimeInterval(60.0 * 60.0)
let currentDate = Date()
Try this:
Date().toCurrentTimezone()
extension Date {
func toCurrentTimezone() -> Date {
let timeZoneDifference =
TimeInterval(TimeZone.current.secondsFromGMT())
return self.addingTimeInterval(timeZoneDifference)
}
}
To get the current time without a format you can simply just add this:
let currentDateTime = Date()
print(currentDateTime)
But if you would like to retrieve a "string" and convert it into a date you can do:
let dateAdded = itemDict["time"] as! String
//Convert string to date
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm"
let date = dateFormatter.date(from: dateAdded!)
If you're still getting wrong time, you should add timezone. In that case the code will be something like this:
let dateAdded = itemDict["time"] as! String
//Convert string to date
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm"
dateFormatter.timeZone = TimeZone(abbreviation: "UTC")
let date = dateFormatter.date(from: dateAdded!)
If you're using uppercase "HH" that means you're using the 24h clock. Otherwise use small case "hh".
You need to set your local time zone in date formator.
//Get local time Zone
var localTimeZoneIdentifier: String { return TimeZone.current.identifier }
print("local Time zone: " + localTimeZoneIdentifier)
let inputdateString: String = "2019-12-16 05:12:59"
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.locale = Locale(identifier: localTimeZoneIdentifier)
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss"
let inputDate = dateFormatter.date(from: inputdateString )!
print("Output date: \(String(describing: inputDate))")
out put:-
local Time zone:-Asia/Kolkata
Output date: 2019-12-15 23:42:59 +0000
I get from Facebook-Graph-API, a date like "2019-05-06T08:39:43+0000" as String.
In swift, how to convert this date to, for example if i live in France (+2), "10:39:43" as String too ?
You set the time zone to +2 hours
let str = "2019-05-06T08:39:43+0000"
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ"
dateFormatter.timeZone = TimeZone(secondsFromGMT: 7200)
if let date = dateFormatter.date(from: str) {
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "HH:mm:ss"
let strPlus2hours = dateFormatter.string(from: date)
print(strPlus2hours)
}
I am trying to convert an am/pm format time to a 24 hour format time
6:35 PM to 18:35
I tried this piece of code on playground but it doesn't seem to
work if I put the time alone
let dateAsString = "02/12/15, 6:35 PM"
let dateFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "HH"
let date = dateFormatter.dateFromString(dateAsString) //returns nil
Does anyone know how to accomplish this?
Just convert it to a date using NSDateFormatter and the "h:mm a" format and convert it back to a string using the "HH:mm" format. Check out this date formatting guide to familiarize yourself with this material.
let dateAsString = "6:35 PM"
let dateFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "h:mm a"
dateFormatter.locale = Locale(identifier: "en_US_POSIX") // fixes nil if device time in 24 hour format
let date = dateFormatter.dateFromString(dateAsString)
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "HH:mm"
let date24 = dateFormatter.stringFromDate(date!)
Swift 3
Time format 24 hours to 12 hours
let dateAsString = "13:15"
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "HH:mm"
let date = dateFormatter.date(from: dateAsString)
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "h:mm a"
let Date12 = dateFormatter.string(from: date!)
print("12 hour formatted Date:",Date12)
output will be 12 hour formatted Date: 1:15 PM
Time format 12 hours to 24 hours
let dateAsString = "1:15 PM"
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "h:mm a"
let date = dateFormatter.date(from: dateAsString)
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "HH:mm"
let Date24 = dateFormatter.string(from: date!)
print("24 hour formatted Date:",Date24)
output will be 24 hour formatted Date: 13:15
Swift 3 *
Code to convert 12 hours (i.e. AM and PM) to 24 hours format which includes-
Hours:Minutes:Seconds:AM/PM to Hours:Minutes:Seconds
func timeConversion24(time12: String) -> String {
let dateAsString = time12
let df = DateFormatter()
df.dateFormat = "hh:mm:ssa"
let date = df.date(from: dateAsString)
df.dateFormat = "HH:mm:ss"
let time24 = df.string(from: date!)
print(time24)
return time24
}
Input
07:05:45PM
Output
19:05:45
Similarly
Code to convert 24 hours to 12 hours (i.e. AM and PM) format which includes-
Hours:Minutes:Seconds to Hours:Minutes:Seconds:AM/PM
func timeConversion12(time24: String) -> String {
let dateAsString = time24
let df = DateFormatter()
df.dateFormat = "HH:mm:ss"
let date = df.date(from: dateAsString)
df.dateFormat = "hh:mm:ssa"
let time12 = df.string(from: date!)
print(time12)
return time12
}
Input
19:05:45
Output
07:05:45PM
Below is the swift 3 version of the solution -
let dateAsString = "6:35:58 PM"
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "h:mm:ss a"
let date = dateFormatter.date(from: dateAsString)
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "HH:mm:ss"
let date24 = dateFormatter.string(from: date!)
print(date24)
Here is the answer with more extra format.
** Xcode 12, Swift 5.3 **
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "HH:mm:ss"
var dateFromStr = dateFormatter.date(from: "12:16:45")!
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "hh:mm:ss a 'on' MMMM dd, yyyy"
//Output: 12:16:45 PM on January 01, 2000
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "E, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z"
//Output: Sat, 1 Jan 2000 12:16:45 +0600
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ"
//Output: 2000-01-01T12:16:45+0600
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "EEEE, MMM d, yyyy"
//Output: Saturday, Jan 1, 2000
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "MM-dd-yyyy HH:mm"
//Output: 01-01-2000 12:16
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "MMM d, h:mm a"
//Output: Jan 1, 12:16 PM
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "HH:mm:ss.SSS"
//Output: 12:16:45.000
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "MMM d, yyyy"
//Output: Jan 1, 2000
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "MM/dd/yyyy"
//Output: 01/01/2000
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "hh:mm:ss a"
//Output: 12:16:45 PM
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "MMMM yyyy"
//Output: January 2000
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "dd.MM.yy"
//Output: 01.01.00
//Output: Customisable AP/PM symbols
dateFormatter.amSymbol = "am"
dateFormatter.pmSymbol = "Pm"
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "a"
//Output: Pm
// Usage
var timeFromDate = dateFormatter.string(from: dateFromStr)
print(timeFromDate)
Swift version 3.0.2 , Xcode Version 8.2.1 (8C1002) (12 hr format ):
func getTodayString() -> String{
let formatter = DateFormatter()
formatter.dateFormat = "h:mm:ss a "
formatter.amSymbol = "AM"
formatter.pmSymbol = "PM"
let currentDateStr = formatter.string(from: Date())
print(currentDateStr)
return currentDateStr
}
OUTPUT : 12:41:42 AM
Feel free to comment. Thanks
Use this function for date conversion, its working fine when your device in 24/12 hr format
See https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/qa/qa1480/_index.html
func convertDateFormatter(fromFormat:String,toFormat:String,_ dateString: String) -> String{
let formatter = DateFormatter()
formatter.locale = Locale(identifier: "en_US_POSIX")
formatter.dateFormat = fromFormat
let date = formatter.date(from: dateString)
formatter.dateFormat = toFormat
return date != nil ? formatter.string(from: date!) : ""
}
Unfortunately apple priority the device date format, so in some cases against what you put, swift change your format to 12hrs
To fix this is necessary to use setLocalizedDateFormatFromTemplate instead of dateFormat an hide the AM and PM
let formatter = DateFormatter()
formatter.setLocalizedDateFormatFromTemplate("HH:mm:ss a")
formatter.amSymbol = ""
formatter.pmSymbol = ""
formatter.timeZone = TimeZone(secondsFromGMT: 0)
var prettyDate = formatter.string(from: Date())
You can check a very useful post with more information detailed in
https://prograils.com/posts/the-curious-case-of-the-24-hour-time-format-in-swift
Here is code for other way around
For Swift 3
func amAppend(str:String) -> String{
var temp = str
var strArr = str.characters.split{$0 == ":"}.map(String.init)
var hour = Int(strArr[0])!
var min = Int(strArr[1])!
if(hour > 12){
temp = temp + "PM"
}
else{
temp = temp + "AM"
}
return temp
}
let calendar = Calendar.current
let hours = calendar.component(.hour, from: Date())
let minutes = calendar.component(.minute, from: Date())
let seconds = calendar.component(.second, from: Date())
I am using a function here in my case by which I am updating a label with the normal time format and after that I am storing the selected time's 24hr format to do some another tasks..
Here is my code...
func timeUpdate(sender: NSDate)
{
let timeSave = NSDateFormatter() //Creating first object to update time label as 12hr format with AM/PM
timeSave.timeStyle = NSDateFormatterStyle.ShortStyle //Setting the style for the time selection.
self.TimeShowOutlet.text = timeSave.stringFromDate(sender) // Getting the string from the selected time and updating the label as 1:40 PM
let timeCheck = NSDateFormatter() //Creating another object to store time in 24hr format.
timeCheck.dateFormat = "HH:mm:ss" //Setting the format for the time save.
let time = timeCheck.stringFromDate(sender) //Getting the time string as 13:40:00
self.timeSelectedForCheckAvailability = time //At last saving the 24hr format time for further task.
}
After writing this function you can call this where you are choosing the time from date/time picker.
Thanks,
Hope this helped.
this is similar to our friends answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/43801717/2796837 but using all our internet friends ideas I came up with the following more complete singular solution:
let amPmFormat = "h:mm a"
let twentyFourHFormat = "HH:mm"
func hourMinuteParser(date: Date) -> KotlinInt{
let formatter = DateFormatter()
if DateFormatter.dateFormat(fromTemplate: "j",options:0, locale: Locale.current)!.contains("a") {
formatter.dateFormat = amPmFormat
}else{
formatter.dateFormat = twentyFourHFormat
}
let stringTime = formatter.string(from: date)
let time = formatter.date(from: stringTime)
formatter.dateFormat = twentyFourHFormat
let time24 = formatter.string(from: time!)
let timeWithoutSpecialCharacters = time24.replacingOccurrences(of: ":", with: "")
let int2 = Int32(timeWithoutSpecialCharacters) ?? 0
return KotlinInt(int: int2)
}
This will parse your time even independent of the format it comes and outputs it into HH:mm, you could change the third format change into whatever you would want.