How can I convert string date to NSDate?

Question

I want to convert \"2014-07-15 06:55:14.198000+00:00\" this string date to NSDate in Swift.

Answer 1

FOR SWIFT 3.1

func convertDateStringToDate(longDate: String) -> String{

    /* INPUT: longDate = "2017-01-27T05:00:00.000Z"
     * OUTPUT: "1/26/17"
     * date_format_you_want_in_string from
     * http://userguide.icu-project.org/formatparse/datetime
     */

    let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
    dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ"
    let date = dateFormatter.date(from: longDate)

    if date != nil {

        let formatter = DateFormatter()
        formatter.dateStyle = .short
        let dateShort = formatter.string(from: date!)

        return dateShort

    } else {

        return longDate

    }
}

NOTE: THIS WILL RETURN THE ORIGINAL STRING IF ERROR