Swift - Converting JSON date to Swift compatible date

Question

I am trying to convert a date in which the javascript code is generating the current date using the Date() function. But when I print it out, I am getting nil.

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Answer 1

Swift 4+

let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ"
let str = "2013-07-21T19:32:00Z"

if let date = dateFormatter.date(from: str) {
    print(date)
}

Output: 2013-07-21 19:32:00 +0000

Answer 2

The issue is that str and date2 two are not the same date format. str format is "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ" while date2 format is "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ". Besides that you should always set your dateFormatter's locale to "en_US_POSIX" when parsing fixed-format dates:

let date2 = "2015-05-15T21:58:00.066Z"

let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.locale = .init(identifier: "en_US_POSIX")
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ"
if let date = dateFormatter.date(from: date2) {
    print(date)  // "2015-05-15 21:58:00 +0000"
}