UIDatePicker minimal value?

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In Swift, I have a var datePicker = UIDatePicker(). I'm trying to set the datePicker to have a minimum value of Jan, 1st, 1920 (I want a range from Jan, 1st, 1920 to current date. I read how to set the maximumDate of the UIDatePicker, that was easy, but I couldn't find how to set the minimum to a specific date. I read that it should be datePicker.minimumDate but I'm not sure how to set the exact date from above. Suggestions?

have you try this answer? https://stackoverflow.com/a/10494471/6638533 — samAlvin, Jul 07 '17 at 09:14

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 07 '17 at 09:16

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Create appropriate date components

let components = DateComponents(year: 1920, month: 1, day: 1)

Create a date from the components

let minimumDate = Calendar.current.date(from: components)

Set the minimum date

let picker = UIDatePicker()
picker.minimumDate = minimumDate

answered Jul 07 '17 at 09:16

vadian

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Yeah, that works! Thanks. I'll accept your answer in a bit (apparently I cant in the next 8 min) – Dani Jul 07 '17 at 09:19

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 07 '17 at 09:16

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You can use the NSDateFormatter as the following:

let dateFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "YYYY-MM-DD"
let date = dateFormatter.dateFromString("1920-01-01")

let datePicker = UIDatePicker()
datePicker.minimumDate = date

answered Jul 07 '17 at 09:16

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The date format string is wrong: YYYY is the "week-based" year, and DD is the day of the year. – Martin R Jul 07 '17 at 09:27

UIDatePicker minimal value?

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