Convert string time to date Swift 5

Question

I followed the example from here, however the year returned is always wrong, like 2000-01-01. Is there a way to simply append to Date() the time I'm passing in? So I have the time as string, this is the func:

// Converts String time (01:07 PM) to Date (2000-01-01 18:07:00 +0000)
    func convertStringTimeToDate(item: String) -> Date {
        let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
        dateFormatter.dateFormat = "hh:mm a"
        dateFormatter.amSymbol = "AM"
        dateFormatter.pmSymbol = "PM"

        let date = dateFormatter.date(from: item)
        
        return date!
    }

For example, time: 01:07 PM would wrongly give me 1 Jan 2000, 01:07 PM. The year has to be correct.

add one more line `dateFormatter.timeZone = TimeZone(secondsFromGMT: 0)` — nghiahoang, Jul 08 '20 at 17:48
Today's date with that hour, so: 07/08/2020 01:07 PM (don't pay attention to format) @nghiahoang — ElKePoN, Jul 08 '20 at 17:57
Perfect, that was what I was looking for. Now it works :) I removed the timezone tho, because everyone has a different one @nghiahoang — ElKePoN, Jul 08 '20 at 18:02
@nghiahoang You should post your solution as an answer so the OP can accept it. — Duncan C, Jul 08 '20 at 18:04
@nghiahoang If you don't post the answer I can't upvote you because I'm new — ElKePoN, Jul 08 '20 at 18:08

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 08 '20 at 18:07

This is the solution, thanks @nghiahoang for the help:

// Converts String time (01:07 PM) to Date (2000-01-01 18:07:00 +0000)
    func convertStringTimeToDate(item: String) -> Date {
        let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
        dateFormatter.dateFormat = "hh:mm a"
        dateFormatter.amSymbol = "AM"
        dateFormatter.pmSymbol = "PM"
        dateFormatter.defaultDate = Date()
        
        let date = dateFormatter.date(from: item)
        
        return date!
    }

You need to set your DateFormatter's locale to "en_US_POSIX" otherwise this might crash your app if the device 24h time settings is set to 24 instead of 12 — Leo Dabus, Jul 08 '20 at 19:00

Convert string time to date Swift 5

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