Get current date in Swift 3?

Question

How can I set label.text current date in Swift 3?

I want to print just today to the screen. I did not find how to do that.

In c# is very simple:

var date = DateTime.Now

I need to write 15.09.2016 in swift 3. thanks

Possible duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24070450/how-to-get-the-current-time-and-hour-as-datetime — koen, Sep 15 '16 at 14:10
Did you scroll all the way to the bottom for the Swift 3 answer? — koen, Sep 15 '16 at 14:12
You probably want to use an `NSDateFormatter` and then `stringFromDate`. — koen, Sep 15 '16 at 14:19
I just want to print screen this 15.09.2016 label.text = "15.09.2016" — yucel, Sep 15 '16 at 14:20

score 315 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 15 '16 at 15:08

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You say in a comment you want to get "15.09.2016".

For this, use Date and DateFormatter:

let date = Date()
let formatter = DateFormatter()

Give the format you want to the formatter:

formatter.dateFormat = "dd.MM.yyyy"

Get the result string:

let result = formatter.string(from: date)

Set your label:

label.text = result

Result:

15.09.2016

answered Sep 15 '16 at 15:08

Eric Aya

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In Swift 4.2, DateFormatter has both .dateStyle and .timeStyle properties. Instead of the somewhat opaque syntax above (which gives more fine-grained control - see https://nsdateformatter.com) you can use dateStyle combined with locale. – green_knight Jan 31 '19 at 18:48

score 72 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 10 '16 at 08:40

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You can do it in this way with Swift 3.0:

let date = Date()
let calendar = Calendar.current
let components = calendar.dateComponents([.year, .month, .day], from: date)

let year =  components.year
let month = components.month
let day = components.day

print(year)
print(month)
print(day)

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answered Sep 15 '16 at 14:56

Jorge Casariego

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I cannot believe even after Swift 3 that date handling is so bad! It's shameful considering Date in .NET was in version 1 in 2002 from memory. DateTime.Now or DateTime.Now.Month are so much easier! – csmith Apr 24 '17 at 01:07
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How do you know if that day is a Mon, Tue, or Wed? – Joseph Astrahan Jun 25 '17 at 19:39
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Check out SwiftDate Cocoapod if you'd like a much easier way to interact with dates in swift. – Rob Norback Jul 07 '17 at 21:26
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@csmith That's because its still the old NSDate but with Swift syntax. It hasn't been rewritten. You're right though, it is a bit of a pain to work with. – bandejapaisa Aug 15 '17 at 09:45

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