How to get data from UIDatePicker - Swift

Question

I'm trying to get the data from the UIDatePicker, for example the user picked a date as 7:15 PM How do I get the data from that so I can manipulate and use it for some other function?

If you have any questions or need any clarifications please comment them down below.

score 18 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 15 '20 at 20:06

18

Add a handler for your UIDatePicker like so:

yourDatePicker.addTarget(self, action: #selector(DatePickerViewController.handler(sender:)), for: UIControl.Event.valueChanged)

And then do something like this in your handler:

@objc func handler(sender: UIDatePicker) {
    let timeFormatter = DateFormatter()
    timeFormatter.timeStyle = DateFormatter.Style.short

    var strDate = timeFormatter.string(from: yourDatePicker.date)
    // do what you want to do with the string.
}

edited Sep 15 '20 at 20:06

Community

1
1

answered Oct 31 '14 at 04:47

Praneeth Wanigasekera

946
1
10
16

There is an error on the first line saying `Expected declaration` – alex Oct 31 '14 at 05:56
Where is the first line placed? Is it in somewhere like viewDidLoad? – Praneeth Wanigasekera Oct 31 '14 at 06:18
No, everything is placed inside the class' curly braces. Should it be in viewDidLoad() – alex Oct 31 '14 at 15:43
It needs to be placed somewhere after the datepicker has been instantiated. Are you using storyboards/IB? Or is the datepicker created in code? In the former case, make an outlet for the datepicker and then use it in viewdidload. – Praneeth Wanigasekera Oct 31 '14 at 23:00
It should be timeFormatter.stringFromDate(sender.date) – webjunkie Aug 26 '16 at 23:06

How to get data from UIDatePicker - Swift

1 Answers1

Linked