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Is there a daylight savings check in Swift?

I need to check to see if the current date is during daylight savings time. In pseudocode that would be like this:

let date = NSDate()

if date.isDaylightSavingsTime {

    print("Success")

}

I haven't been able to find the solution to this anywhere on the internet.

Solution

  • An NSDate alone represents an absolute point in time. To decide if a date is during daylight savings time or not it needs to be interpreted in the context of a time zone.

    Therefore you'll find that method in the NSTimeZone class and not in the NSDate class. Example:

    let date = NSDate()

let tz = NSTimeZone.localTimeZone()
if tz.isDaylightSavingTimeForDate(date) {

}

    Update for Swift 3/4:

    let date = Date()

let tz = TimeZone.current
if tz.isDaylightSavingTime(for: date) {
    print("Summertime, and the livin' is easy ... 🎶")
}