How do I get just the time from an NSDate object?

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Say for example my Date (formerly NSDate) object was created as the 12 June 2016 at 14:23, how would I extract just that 14:23 from my Date object? Basically some thing like mydate.time.

Your link is helpful however it isn't in Swift 3. `.CalendarUnitHour` and `.CalendarUnitMinute` are not accepted anymore. — Adam Strike, Sep 08 '16 at 18:23

Callam · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-08T18:40:00.567

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Here's a handy extension so you use let time = Date().time

extension Date {
    var time: String {
        let calendar = Calendar.current
        let components = calendar.dateComponents([.hour, .minute], from: self)
        return "\(components.hour!):\(components.minute!)"
    }
}

edited Sep 08 '16 at 18:40

answered Sep 08 '16 at 18:33

Callam

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Try now, changed to support swift 3 – Callam Sep 08 '16 at 18:36
@Callam, as of Swift 3 you don't use the `NS` prefix. – Wyetro Sep 08 '16 at 18:38
@WMios yeah my bad, fixed it – Callam Sep 08 '16 at 18:39
@MartinR just tested it in swift 3 playground and it works – Callam Sep 08 '16 at 18:43
@MartinR yes, _after_ I edited if that's what you're getting at – Callam Sep 08 '16 at 19:21

How do I get just the time from an NSDate object?

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