iOS NSDate() returns incorrect time

Question

I am trying to get current date in Swift using NSDate(). When I create breakpoint and stop application, I can see that there is 3 hours difference with devices\

Answer 1

For Swift 2.2 this function did the trick for me:

func getCurrentLocalDate()-> NSDate {
    var now = NSDate()
    let nowComponents = NSDateComponents()
    let calendar = NSCalendar.currentCalendar()
    nowComponents.year = NSCalendar.currentCalendar().component(NSCalendarUnit.Year, fromDate: now)
    nowComponents.month = NSCalendar.currentCalendar().component(NSCalendarUnit.Month, fromDate: now)
    nowComponents.day = NSCalendar.currentCalendar().component(NSCalendarUnit.Day, fromDate: now)
    nowComponents.hour = NSCalendar.currentCalendar().component(NSCalendarUnit.Hour, fromDate: now)
    nowComponents.minute = NSCalendar.currentCalendar().component(NSCalendarUnit.Minute, fromDate: now)
    nowComponents.second = NSCalendar.currentCalendar().component(NSCalendarUnit.Second, fromDate: now)
    nowComponents.timeZone = NSTimeZone(abbreviation: "GMT")
    now = calendar.dateFromComponents(nowComponents)!
    return now
}

If you want a different timezone you can change it directly, or even better, pass it as a function parameter.