How do I format JSON Date String with Swift?

Question

I make an http get request to a server and get back a json object with a date string like this:

{
    name = \"Place1\";
    temperature = 79;
    humidity =         


        

Answer 1

If you are using SwiftDate (you probably should!) simply use:

Serialize:

let date:NSDate = ....
let dateInRegion = DateInRegion( absoluteTime: date )
let serializedString:String = dateInRegin.toString( .ISO8601Format( .Full ))!

Deserialize:

let serializedDate:String = "2016-03-01T22:10:55.200Z"
let date:NSDate? = serializedDate.toDateFromISO8601()