Show cell creation time in a table (Swift)

Question

How can I make it so that the cell shows the time it was created and edited?

I could not find anything about this

minutes / hours / days / weeks, etc.

Example:

Code part:

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
    let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "cell", for: indexPath) as! CustomCell
    cell.nameText?.text = myData[indexPath.row]
    //
    let date = Date()
    let formatter = DateFormatter()
    formatter.dateFormat = "MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss"
    let stringDate = formatter.string(from: date)
    //
    cell.NoneLabel?.text = stringDate
    return cell
}

Just to confirm you question: You need the time passed since last edited/ created, is that right? For instance: "3 Minutes ago"; "5 days ago"? — dvp.petrov, Feb 06 '18 at 14:22
[`doesRelativeDateFormatting `](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/dateformatter/1415848-doesrelativedateformatting)... meh. — holex, Feb 06 '18 at 14:28

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 06 '18 at 14:25

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You can get the Date() in the cellForRowAt method.

This Date() will give you the current date time when the cell was created.

let date = Date()
let formatter = DateFormatter()
formatter.dateFormat = "MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm"
let stringDate = formatter.string(from: date)

You can change the format with whatever you want.

Then with that you can calculate how much time ago the cell was created. To calculate that please check this link.

answered Feb 06 '18 at 14:25

Matias Jurfest

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I have a new time every time I open the VC – B2Fq Feb 06 '18 at 14:33
Yes, you want that, right? You need to add that code in the cellForRowAt method and then calculate the time ago – Matias Jurfest Feb 06 '18 at 14:35
I do not really understand how to use it(( - I need to save the date of edited/ created the cell I put this code in cellForRowAt – B2Fq Feb 06 '18 at 14:51
You need a cell and a label on it, then you can set the label.text = stringDate – Matias Jurfest Feb 06 '18 at 14:54
so the date will constantly change when you open VC with a table – B2Fq Feb 06 '18 at 14:55
but how to make sure that the date does not change more – B2Fq Feb 06 '18 at 15:00
Oh, got it. If you want to store that date in some place, then you need a backend with a database, or you can use FireBase. Maybe you can store them in the AppUserDefault, but I don´t recommend you this for this user case. – Matias Jurfest Feb 06 '18 at 15:21

Show cell creation time in a table (Swift)

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