Date Format in Swift

Nitish Kumar
Oct 27, 2020

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In this story, i will use one simple function that will take two parameters, and covert it to new formatted date.

1. This is the simple function i will use to change the date format.

NOTE 1:- inputFormatter= the type of format you getting date from api other place

NOTE 2 :- you can change the format according to your getting date

inputFormatter.dateFormat = “yyyy-MM-dd”

2. How you can use this function

fig 1:- how to use function

In the fig 1, we can see my input date is 2220–12–03 so, my date format is yyyy-MM-dd.

you can change it according your input date.

3. Formats and their output

Down below i mentioned many format and their outputs:

EEEE, MMM d, yyyy

output- Tuesday, Oct 27, 2020

MM/dd/yyyy

output- 10/27/2020

MM-dd-yyyy HH:mm

output- 10–27–2020 06:44

MMM d, h:mm a

output- Oct 27, 6:44 AM

MMMM yyyy

output- October 2020

MMM d, yyyy

output- Oct 27, 2020

E, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z

output- Tue, 27 Oct 2020 06:44:31 +0000

E, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z

output- Tue, 27 Oct 2020 06:44:31 +0000

yyyy-MM-dd’T’HH:mm:ssZ

output- 2020–10–27T06:44:31+0000

dd.MM.yy

output- 27.10.20

HH:mm:ss.SSS

output- 06:44:31.598

Thank you, Hope you will like this story!!!

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Nitish Kumar
Nitish Kumar

Written by Nitish Kumar

I developed and maintain applications aimed at a range of iOS devices including mobile phones and tablet computers.

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