Time-zone Swift

Asked Apr 23 '18 at 21:24

Active Apr 23 '18 at 21:24

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Can somebody recommend how to get a current time/date in a specific timezone ?

This is what I got so far:

let date = NSDate()
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm"
let str = dateFormatter.string(from: date as Date)


dateFormatter.timeZone = NSTimeZone(name: "UTC") as! TimeZone

print(str)

It gives me my current time, I'm not sure how to change timezone correctly so it would print time in a specified time-zone...

asked Apr 23 '18 at 21:24

Mike T

you need to set the timezone before getting the string from your date – Leo Dabus Apr 23 '18 at 21:30
@LeoDabus can you elaborate a bit more? – Mike T Apr 23 '18 at 21:37
set `dateFormatter.timeZone = ..` before `dateFormatter.string(...)`. `NSDate` or `Date` object doesn't have any timezone information. It is just a UTC time object. – Ryan Apr 23 '18 at 21:38
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Btw You are supposed to use `Date` instead of `NSDate` and `TimeZone(identifier:)` instead of `NSTimeZone` – Leo Dabus Apr 23 '18 at 21:44
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works now thanks ! – Mike T Apr 23 '18 at 21:47
https://stackoverflow.com/a/68990368/16023958 Here is one shortcut way to do it. Hope it helps you. – Dracarys Aug 31 '21 at 08:42

Time-zone Swift

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