date is not showing after convert the string to date in swift

Question

I have strings and converting into the date format, but when I convert after the date is showing properly but time is showing the wrong format

firsDateString : 2019-Mar-15 9:00 AM
secondName : 2019-Mar-15 8:00 PM

String convert into the date format

let addedDate = firsDateString
let formatter = DateFormatter()
formatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MMM-dd hh:mm  a"
let date1 = formatter.date(from: addedDate)
print("DATE \(date1)")

After that am getting this values:

DATE Optional(2019-03-15 03:30:00 +0000)

How can get the correct date format?

date does not return the exact value its the timezone issue, what the OP you expect — Anbu.Karthik, Mar 15 '19 at 07:19
`print` displays dates always in UTC and the formatter considers the local time zone which is apparently +04:30 or +05:30 — vadian, Mar 15 '19 at 07:21
You live in India where there is a 5:30 difference from UTC? no? So what's wrong? — Larme, Mar 15 '19 at 07:21
Try setting the timeZone of formatter like - formatter.time - TimeZone(abbreviation: "GMT")! — shivi_shub, Mar 15 '19 at 07:27
@User1985 - you wanna OP as like `2019-Mar-15 8:00` and `2019-Mar-15 9:00` — Anbu.Karthik, Mar 15 '19 at 07:29
Objects of the class Date has no format, if you want to print your `date1`object in a given format you need to use the DateFormatter again. — Joakim Danielson, Mar 15 '19 at 07:29
@User1985 Try this one https://stackoverflow.com/a/52477989/10150796 — Nikunj Kumbhani, Mar 15 '19 at 07:42

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 15 '19 at 07:30

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Check this:

    let addedDate = firsDateString
    let formatter = DateFormatter()
    formatter.timeZone = (NSTimeZone(name: "UTC")! as TimeZone)
    formatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MMM-dd hh:mm a"
    let date1 = formatter.date(from: addedDate)
    print("DATE \(String(describing: date1!))")

answered Mar 15 '19 at 07:30

Sanoj Kashyap

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user expecting as like `2019-Mar-15 8:00` not `2019-Mar-15 8:00 PM` – Anbu.Karthik Mar 15 '19 at 07:31

Anbu.Karthik · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-15T08:07:48.000

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use like , but is not a valid answer may be it works based on your condition but follow option2 it will cover all scenario if you need

~~let formatter = DateFormatter()~~

~~formatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MMM-dd hh:mm a"~~

~~let date1 = formatter.date(from: "2019-Mar-15 9:00 AM")~~

~~formatter.amSymbol = ""~~

~~formatter.pmSymbol = ""~~

~~let currentDateStr = formatter.string(from: date1!)~~

~~print("currentDateStr (currentDateStr)")~~

based on @JoakimDanielson point

How can this be the accepted answer when you no longer can tell the difference between 8 in the morning and 8 in the evening

here you need to follow the 24 hour format , I update my answer ,

Option 2

    let formatter = DateFormatter()
    formatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MMM-dd hh:mm a"
    let date1 = formatter.date(from: "2019-Mar-15 9:00 AM")
    formatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MMM-dd HH:mm"
    let currentDateStr = formatter.string(from: date1!)
    print("currentDateStr \(currentDateStr)")

Output

edited Mar 15 '19 at 08:07

answered Mar 15 '19 at 07:37

Anbu.Karthik

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@User1985 How can this be the accepted answer when you no longer can tell the difference between 8 in the morning and 8 in the evening? – Joakim Danielson Mar 15 '19 at 07:48
@JoakimDanielson - your question is sounds good, we will discuss with questioner – Anbu.Karthik Mar 15 '19 at 07:50
@User1985 - one more question how will you differentiate the morning and evening in 12 hour format if you use – Anbu.Karthik Mar 15 '19 at 07:51
@Anbu.Karthik You should convert it into 24 hours format from 12 hours instead of excluding the AM/PM symbol. – TheTiger Mar 15 '19 at 07:54
@JoakimDanielson - no I am not copied, see my old answer https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42524651/convert-nsdate-to-string-in-ios-swift/42524767#42524767 – Anbu.Karthik Mar 15 '19 at 07:58

date is not showing after convert the string to date in swift

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