Conversion from string to date in swift returns nil

Question

I have a problem with converting the string to date in swift 3. Here is my code, it returns me a nil value while converting.

let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "EEE, dd MMM yyyy hh:mm:ss +zzzz"
dateFormatter.locale = Locale.init(identifier: "bg_BG")

let recdate = dateFormatter.date(from:"Fri, 10 Mar 2017 15:03:03 +0530")!;`

Answer 1

You set the wrong format specifier for hour and timezone. Use this:

dateFormatter.dateFormat = "EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z"
dateFormatter.locale = Locale(identifier: "en_US")

• hh means 12-hour format so there's no hour 15. Use HH instead
• +zzzz is invalid timezone specifier. Use Z instead
• Unless Friday is shortened to Fri in Bulgarian, use an English locale