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Unable to convert date to particular format in Swift

I am getting some date string from server, like "2021-06-25"

If it is today date or yesterday date, I have to show like Today or Yesterday. Else I have to show 25 June 2021 For Today and Yesterday date its working fine.

But, If its other day, it is showing 25 Jun 2021

How to show 21 June 2021

static func getDay(_ nowDay: String) -> String {
        
        let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
        dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd"
        let journalDate = dateFormatter.date(from: nowDay)
        
        if let convertedDate = journalDate {
            let relativeDateFormatter = DateFormatter()
            relativeDateFormatter.timeStyle = .none
            relativeDateFormatter.dateStyle = .medium
            relativeDateFormatter.locale = Locale(identifier: "en_GB")
            relativeDateFormatter.doesRelativeDateFormatting = true
            let inputFormatter = DateFormatter()
            inputFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd"
            return relativeDateFormatter.string(from: convertedDate)
        }
        return ""
    }

Any suggestions?

Solution

  • If you want the full name of the month, use .long rather than .medium as the date style:

    relativeDateFormatter.dateStyle = .long

    Also note that you can use a ISO8601DateFormatter to parse nowDay, since it is in ISO-8601 format:

    let dateFormatter = ISO8601DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.formatOptions = [.withFullDate]
let journalDate = dateFormatter.date(from: nowDay)