Format a date from a string

Question

I\'m trying to format a date from a string into another format.

For example: 2012-05-29 23:55:52 into 29/05 *newline* 2010.

I just

Answer 1

If you're only doing simple string processing, Going through a date object is not really needed.

 let dateString = "2012-05-29 23:55:52"
 let dateParts = dateString.componentsSeparatedByCharactersInSet(NSCharacterSet(charactersInString: "- :")) 
 let newDateString = "\(dateParts[2])/\(dateParts[1])\n\(dateParts[0])"

 print(newDateString)