Get just the date (no time) from UIDatePicker - swift

Question

I am trying to get just the date from UIDatePicker:
myDatePicker.datePickerMode = UIDatePicker.Mode.date
var selectedDate=myDatePicker.date
println(selectedDate)
However, this prints more than the date (it prints 2015-04-09 21:45:13 +0000). How do I get just the date part (without the time)? I also set the date picker Mode property to Date.

Answer 1

According to the Apple's documentation datePicker.mode should be date so you can use DateFormatter like so
Swift 4
datePicker.datePickerMode = UIDatePicker.Mode.date
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "dd MMMM yyyy"
let selectedDate = dateFormatter.string(from: datePicker.date)
print(selectedDate)

Answer 2

let dateFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "MM/dd/yy"
let dateString = dateFormatter.stringFromDate(myDatePicker.date)
You can print dateString, assign it to a label, whatever. The format will be
04/09/15

Answer 3

Swift 3/4, this will print a string of type Mar 08, 2017
datePicker.datePickerMode = .date
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "MMM dd, yyyy"
let selectedDate = dateFormatter.string(from: datePicker.date)
print(selectedDate)

Answer 4

I just want to add my bit in on here after coming across a similar problem. I would follow shades answer for String display of date. Not the from XCode 7 and swift 2 onwards when you use a UIDatePicker set the following to only view dates in the Picker:
#IBOutlet weak var datePicker: UIDatePicker!
datePicker.datePickerMode = .Date

Answer 5

Swift 4.0 version code is here
#IBAction func saveDateAction(_ sender: Any) {
myDatePicker.datePickerMode = UIDatePicker.Mode.date
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "dd MMM yyyy"
let selectedDate = dateFormatter.string(from: myDatePicker.date)
print("selectedDate",selectedDate)
}

Answer 6

Date picker date :
let date = datePicker.date
let dateConverted = Date.init(year: date.GetYear(), month: date.GetMonth(), day: date.GetDay())
//dateConverted result = 2019-02-27 00:00:00 +0000
let predicate = NSPredicate(format: "booking_date == %#", dateConverted as CVarArg)
Use this extensions:
extension Date {
init(year: Int, month: Int, day: Int) {
var dc = DateComponents()
dc.year = year
dc.month = month
dc.day = day
var calendar = Calendar(identifier: .gregorian)
calendar.timeZone = TimeZone(secondsFromGMT: 0)!
if let date = calendar.date(from: dc) {
self.init(timeInterval: 0, since: date)
} else {
fatalError("Date component values were invalid.")
}
}
func GetYear() -> Int {
let calendar: NSCalendar! = NSCalendar(calendarIdentifier: .gregorian)
let components = calendar.components([.day , .month , .year], from: self)
return components.year!
}
func GetMonth() -> Int {
let calendar: NSCalendar! = NSCalendar(calendarIdentifier: .gregorian)
let components = calendar.components([.day , .month , .year], from: self)
return components.month!
}
func GetDay() -> Int {
let calendar: NSCalendar! = NSCalendar(calendarIdentifier: .gregorian)
let components = calendar.components([.day , .month , .year], from: self)
return components.day!
}
}