How do I convert the following Objective-C code into Swift code?
#define MAX_SIZE 11
char buffer[MAX_SIZE];
time_t time = [[NSDate date] timeIntervalSince1970];
strftime(buffer, MAX_SIZE, "%-l:%M\u2008%p", localtime(&time));
NSString *dateString = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:buffer];
NSLog(@"dateString: %@", dateString); // dateString: 11:56 PM
I'm formatting a date
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As the commentators @BryanChen and @JasonCoco said, use NSDateFormatter.
let dateFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd 'at' h:mm a" // superset of OP's format
let str = dateFormatter.stringFromDate(NSDate())
A full description of the format strings is available in "Data Formatting Guide".
Here is another example that uses NSDateFormatterStyle
:
private func FormatDate(date:NSDate) -> String {
let dateFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateStyle = NSDateFormatterStyle.LongStyle
return dateFormatter.stringFromDate(date)
}
The output is formatted as, "January 1, 1990".
If you want to read more about the formatter and the different available styles, checkout, NSFormatter under NSDateFormatter section.
My function i use.
extension NSDate {
public func toString (format: String) -> String {
let formatter = NSDateFormatter ()
formatter.locale = NSLocale.currentLocale()
formatter.dateFormat = format
return formatter.stringFromDate(self)
}
}
date.toString("yyyy-MM-dd")
let maxSize: UInt = 11
var buffer: CChar[] = CChar[](count: Int(maxSize), repeatedValue: 0)
var time: time_t = Int(NSDate().timeIntervalSince1970)
var length = strftime(&buffer, maxSize, "%-l:%M\u2008%p", localtime(&time))
var dateString = NSString(bytes: buffer, length: Int(length), encoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding)
NSLog("dateString: %@", dateString) // dateString: 11:56 PM