Xcode swift am/pm time to 24 hour format

Question

I am trying to convert a am/pm format time to a 24 hour format time

6:35 PM to 18:35

I tried this piece of code on playground but it doesnt

Answer 1

Use this function for date conversion , its working fine when your device in 24/12 hr formate

func convertDateFormater(fromFormate:String,toFormate:String,_ dateString: String) -> String{
    let formatter = DateFormatter()
    formatter.locale = NSLocale(localeIdentifier: "en_US_POSIX") as Locale
    formatter.dateFormat = fromFormate
    let date = formatter.date(from: dateString)
    formatter.dateFormat = toFormate
    return  date != nil ? formatter.string(from: date!) : ""
}

Answer 2

Below is the swift 3 version of the solution -

let dateAsString = "6:35:58 PM"
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "h:mm:ss a"
let date = dateFormatter.date(from: dateAsString)

dateFormatter.dateFormat = "HH:mm:ss"
let date24 = dateFormatter.string(from: date!)
print(date24)

Answer 3

Here is the answer with more extra format.

** Xcode 12, Swift 5.3 **

let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "HH:mm:ss"
var dateFromStr = dateFormatter.date(from: "12:16:45")!

dateFormatter.dateFormat = "hh:mm:ss a 'on' MMMM dd, yyyy"
//Output: 12:16:45 PM on January 01, 2000

dateFormatter.dateFormat = "E, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z"
//Output: Sat, 1 Jan 2000 12:16:45 +0600

dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ"
//Output: 2000-01-01T12:16:45+0600

dateFormatter.dateFormat = "EEEE, MMM d, yyyy"
//Output: Saturday, Jan 1, 2000

dateFormatter.dateFormat = "MM-dd-yyyy HH:mm"
//Output: 01-01-2000 12:16

dateFormatter.dateFormat = "MMM d, h:mm a"
//Output: Jan 1, 12:16 PM

dateFormatter.dateFormat = "HH:mm:ss.SSS"
//Output: 12:16:45.000

dateFormatter.dateFormat = "MMM d, yyyy"
//Output: Jan 1, 2000

dateFormatter.dateFormat = "MM/dd/yyyy"
//Output: 01/01/2000

dateFormatter.dateFormat = "hh:mm:ss a"
//Output: 12:16:45 PM

dateFormatter.dateFormat = "MMMM yyyy"
//Output: January 2000

dateFormatter.dateFormat = "dd.MM.yy"
//Output: 01.01.00

//Output: Customisable AP/PM symbols
dateFormatter.amSymbol = "am"
dateFormatter.pmSymbol = "Pm"
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "a"
//Output: Pm

// Usage
var timeFromDate = dateFormatter.string(from: dateFromStr)
print(timeFromDate)

Answer 4

Just convert it to a date using NSDateFormatter and the "h:mm a" format and convert it back to a string using the "HH:mm" format. Check out this date formatting guide to familiarize yourself with this material.

let dateAsString = "6:35 PM"
let dateFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "h:mm a"
let date = dateFormatter.dateFromString(dateAsString)

dateFormatter.dateFormat = "HH:mm"
let date24 = dateFormatter.stringFromDate(date!)

Answer 5

I am using a function here in my case by which I am updating a label with the normal time format and after that I am storing the selected time's 24hr format to do some another tasks..

Here is my code...

func timeUpdate(sender: NSDate)
{
    let timeSave = NSDateFormatter() //Creating first object to update time label as 12hr format with AM/PM
    timeSave.timeStyle = NSDateFormatterStyle.ShortStyle //Setting the style for the time selection.
    self.TimeShowOutlet.text = timeSave.stringFromDate(sender) // Getting the string from the selected time and updating the label as 1:40 PM
    let timeCheck = NSDateFormatter() //Creating another object to store time in 24hr format.
    timeCheck.dateFormat = "HH:mm:ss" //Setting the format for the time save.
    let time = timeCheck.stringFromDate(sender) //Getting the time string as 13:40:00
    self.timeSelectedForCheckAvailability = time //At last saving the 24hr format time for further task.
}

After writing this function you can call this where you are choosing the time from date/time picker.

Thanks, Hope this helped.

Answer 6

Swift 3

Time format 24 hours to 12 hours

let dateAsString = "13:15"
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "HH:mm"

let date = dateFormatter.date(from: dateAsString)
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "h:mm a"
let Date12 = dateFormatter.string(from: date!)
print("12 hour formatted Date:",Date12)

output will be 12 hour formatted Date: 1:15 PM

Time format 12 hours to 24 hours

let dateAsString = "1:15 PM"
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "h:mm a"

let date = dateFormatter.date(from: dateAsString)
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "HH:mm"

let Date24 = dateFormatter.string(from: date!)
print("24 hour formatted Date:",Date24)

output will be 24 hour formatted Date: 13:15