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Format Date from String - swift3

HI I am trying to formate date from string (08-05-1988) I want to convert to date as given below, output also given below,

let dateString = "08-05-1988"
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "dd-MM-yyyy"
let dateFromString = dateFormatter.date(from: dateString)
let stringValue = String(describing: dateFromString)

out put : Optional(1988-05-07 18:30:00 +0000)

Then, I want to format the out put date from (1988-05-07 18:30:00 +0000) to other format as given below. But, when format the string to Date is nil

let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss Z"
let date = dateFormatter.date(from: dateString)
let formatter = DateFormatter()
formatter.dateFormat = "dd-MMM-yyyy"
let formatedDate:String = formatter.string(from: date!)

Expected Output : 08-May-1988

Solution

  • The output Optional(1988-05-07 18:30:00 +0000) is the result of the description of a Date object. It's not related to any given string format.

    To convert 08-05-1988 to 08-May-1988 you can simply use

    let dateString = "08-05-1988"
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "dd-MM-yyyy"
let dateFromString = dateFormatter.date(from: dateString)
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "dd-MMM-yyyy"
let formatedDate = dateFormatter.string(from: dateFromString!)