Convert Date String to Int Swift

Question

I am trying to convert the string:

let time = \"7:30\"

to integers:

let hour : Int = 7
let minutes : Int = 30

Answer 1

Use String.componentsSeparatedByString to split time string to parts:

import Foundation

let time = "7:30"
let timeParts = time.componentsSeparatedByString(":")

if timeParts.count == 2 {
    if let hour = Int(timeParts[0]),
        let minute = Int(timeParts[1]) {
            // use hour and minute
    }
}

If you do not want to import Foundation you can split time string to parts with:

let timeParts = time.characters.split(":").map(String.init)

Answer 2

You can split string by : character and then convert results to Int:

let timeStringArray = time.componentsSeparatedByString(":")
if timeStringArray.count == 2 {
   hour = timeStringArray[0].toInt
   minutes = timeStringArray[1].toInt()
}

Answer 3

Answers by @alex_p and @mixel are correct, but it's also possible to do it with Swift split function:

let time = "7:30"
let components = time.characters.split { $0 == ":" } .map { (x) -> Int in return Int(String(x))! }

let hours = components[0]
let minutes = components[1]