Add time, date and title to UITable cell view

Question

I have a table cell view with, currently a date and title. But I want to add the current time to it as well, but I cant seem to add another section in the cell. Can someone show me how?

Here is my cellForRowAt:

override func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {

    let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "ContactCell", for: indexPath)

    let contact = userInput[indexPath.row]

    cell.detailTextLabel?.numberOfLines = 3
    cell.detailTextLabel?.text = contact.value(forKey:"thf") as? String
    cell.textLabel?.text = contact.value(forKey:"date") as? String

    return cell
}

I dont mind adding the time anywhere but preferably somewhere noticeable

Here is how it looks like

Possible duplicate of [Custom UITableViewCell from nib in Swift](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25541786/custom-uitableviewcell-from-nib-in-swift) — RLoniello, Nov 01 '18 at 03:14
What you need is a custom table view cell, you can add your own UI elements to the view of the cell. There are plenty of resources once you know what you are looking for a quick google search for "custom uitableviewcell swift " will yield many useful results. — RLoniello, Nov 01 '18 at 03:15
Why not put both the date and time in the text label? No need to customize the cell if that's good enough. — rmaddy, Nov 01 '18 at 03:33

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 01 '18 at 04:16

First of all write the below code into your date Extension

extension Date {
    func getFormattedDate(format: String) -> String {
        let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
        dateFormatter.dateFormat = format
        let strDate = dateFormatter.string(from: self)
        return strDate
    }

    func getTimeStamp() -> String {
        let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
        dateFormatter.dateFormat = "hh:mm a"
        let dateString = dateFormatter.string(from: self)
        return dateString
    }
}

Now use date methods as I have used below:

func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell {
    let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "ContactCell", for: indexPath)
    let contact = userInput[indexPath.row]
    cell.yourDateLabel?.text = (contact.value(forKey:"keyforDate") as? Date).getFormattedDate(format: "MMM dd,yyyy")
    cell.yourTimeLabel?.text = (contact.value(forKey:"keyforDate") as? Date).getTimeStamp()
    return cell    
}

Make sure the data type of value for key is Date – Ahemadabbas Vagh Nov 01 '18 at 03:53 — Ahemadabbas Vagh, Nov 01 '18 at 03:53

Add time, date and title to UITable cell view

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