String Date to Date in Swift

Question

I am working with a backend that returns me a date string like 2020-05-05 10:19:25.357479+05:30. How can I convert this to a Date object in swift? According to the backend, the date format they use is YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss.SSSSSS+|-hh:mm. But, when I try to use this string in the DateFormatter, I get an error that says - "Date string does not match format expected by formatter."

Can someone please help me with this?

Answer 1

You can use this Function

func dateFromString(_ dateString:String,  format: String = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSSSSSZ") -> String? {
    let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
    let tempLocale = dateFormatter.locale  // save locale temporarily
    dateFormatter.locale = Locale(identifier: "en_US_POSIX")
    dateFormatter.dateFormat =  format//"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSSSSS"
    let date = dateFormatter.date(from: dateString)
    dateFormatter.dateFormat = "dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss"
    dateFormatter.locale = tempLocale // reset the locale

    guard let getdate = date else {
      return nil
    }

    let dateString = dateFormatter.string(from: getdate)
    return dateString
  }

how to use

if let dateString = dateFromString("2020-05-05 10:19:25.357479+05:30") {

        print (dateString)
      }