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

func stringToDate(_ str: String)->Date{
    let formatter = DateFormatter()
    formatter.dateFormat="yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss Z"
    return formatter.date(from: str)!
}
func dateToString(_ str: Date)->String{
    var dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
    dateFormatter.timeStyle=DateFormatter.Style.short
    return dateFormatter.string(from: str)
}

Answer 2

To add String within Date Format in Swift, I did this

 var dataFormatter:NSDateFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
                dataFormatter.dateFormat = "dd-MMMM 'at' HH:mm a"

cell.timeStamplbl.text = dataFormatter.stringFromDate(object.createdAt)

Answer 3

Swift: iOS
if we have string, convert it to NSDate,

var dataString = profileValue["dob"] as String
var dateFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "MM-dd-yyyy"

// convert string into date
let dateValue:NSDate? = dateFormatter.dateFromString(dataString)

if you have and date picker parse date like this

// to avoid any nil value
if let isDate = dateValue {
self.datePicker.date = isDate
}

Answer 4

Swift support extensions, with extension you can add a new functionality to an existing class, structure, enumeration, or protocol type.

You can add a new init function to NSDate object by extenging the object using the extension keyword.

extension NSDate
{
    convenience
    init(dateString:String) {
        let dateStringFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
        dateStringFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyyMMdd"
        dateStringFormatter.locale = NSLocale(localeIdentifier: "fr_CH_POSIX")
        let d = dateStringFormatter.dateFromString(dateString)!
        self.init(timeInterval:0, sinceDate:d)
    }
} 

Now you can init a NSDate object using:

let myDateObject = NSDate(dateString:"2010-12-15 06:00:00")

Answer 5

Below are some string to date format converting options can be usedin swift iOS.

1. Thursday, Dec 27, 2018 format= EEEE, MMM d, yyyy
2. 12/27/2018 format= MM/dd/yyyy
3. 12-27-2018 09:59 format= MM-dd-yyyy HH:mm
4. Dec 27, 9:59 AM format= MMM d, h:mm a
5. December 2018 format= MMMM yyyy
6. Dec 27, 2018 format= MMM d, yyyy
7. Thu, 27 Dec 2018 09:59:19 +0000 format= E, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z
8. 2018-12-27T09:59:19+0000 format= yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ
9. 27.12.18 format= dd.MM.yy
10. 09:59:19.815 format= HH:mm:ss.SSS

Answer 6

If you're going to need to parse the string into a date often, you may want to move the functionality into an extension. I created a sharedCode.swift file and put my extensions there:

extension String
{   
    func toDateTime() -> NSDate
    {
        //Create Date Formatter
        let dateFormatter = NSDateFormatter()

        //Specify Format of String to Parse
        dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss.SSSSxxx"

        //Parse into NSDate
        let dateFromString : NSDate = dateFormatter.dateFromString(self)!

        //Return Parsed Date
        return dateFromString
    }
}

Then if you want to convert your string into a NSDate you can just write something like:

var myDate = myDateString.toDateTime()