Unable to get current date in Swift 3.0

Question

I am using below code to get current date and formatting it. But seeing error "Cannot invoke initiliazer for type "Date" with no arguments"

    let currentDateTime = Date()
    // initialize the date formatter and set the style
    let formatter = DateFormatter()
    formatter.timeStyle = .medium
    formatter.dateStyle = .long

    // get the date time String from the date object
    formatter.string(from: currentDateTime) // October 8, 2016 at 10:48:53 PM

screenshot

Your project may have defined another class with the name `Date`? This is a common problem for code migrated from Swift 2 as the Apple's version was known as `NSDate` back then. — Code Different, Oct 27 '16 at 05:16
Yes my project had another class of Date. I have fixed it , thanks for the pointer , issue solved. — Badrinath, Oct 28 '16 at 04:11

MwcsMac · Answer 1 · 2016-10-27T03:32:47.253

You may not be placing the code in the correct location. Make sure it is inside a function of some kind. You can could even place this inside viewDidLoad().

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    let currentDateTime = Date()
    // initialize the date formatter and set the style
    let formatter = DateFormatter()
    formatter.timeStyle = .medium
    formatter.dateStyle = .long

    // get the date time String from the date object
    let mytime = formatter.string(from: currentDateTime) // October 8, 2016 at 10:48:53 PM
    print(mytime) 
 }    

func getcurrentDate() {
    let currentDateTime = Date()
    // initialize the date formatter and set the style
    let formatter = DateFormatter()
    formatter.timeStyle = .medium
    formatter.dateStyle = .long

    // get the date time String from the date object
    let mytime = formatter.string(from: currentDateTime) // October 8, 2016 at 10:48:53 PM
    print(mytime)
}

I tried placing inside viewDidLoad , still same issue . Attached screen shot above — Badrinath, Oct 28 '16 at 04:03

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 14 '17 at 18:40

I suggest you use this approach to Formatter Style (Swift 3):

formatter.dateStyle = DateFormatter.Style.full
formatter.timeStyle = DateFormatter.Style.long

In this case for a date as string with your locale:

let currentDate = Date()
let formatter = DateFormatter()
formatter.locale = Locale(identifier: "----your locale here----")
formatter.dateStyle = DateFormatter.Style.full
let myDate = todayFormatter.string(from: currentDate)
print(myDate)

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 17 '17 at 13:37

swift 4

==> Getting iOS device current time:-

let hh1 = Calendar.current.component(.hour, from: Date())
let mm1 = Calendar.current.component(.minute, from: Date())
let ss1 = Calendar.current.component(.second, from: Date())

print(hh1, ":", mm1, ":", ss1)

output: ---> 11 : 10: 25

Unable to get current date in Swift 3.0

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