I am trying to convert a am/pm format time to a 24 hour format time
6:35 PM to 18:35
I tried this piece of code on playground but it doesnt seem to
work if I put the time alone
let dateAsString = "02/12/15, 6:35 PM"
let dateFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "HH"
let date = dateFormatter.dateFromString(dateAsString) //returns nil
Does anyone know how to accomplish this?
Thank you.
Just convert it to a date using NSDateFormatter and the "h:mm a" format and convert it back to a string using the "HH:mm" format. Check out this date formatting guide to familiarize yourself with this material.
let dateAsString = "6:35 PM"
let dateFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "h:mm a"
let date = dateFormatter.dateFromString(dateAsString)
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "HH:mm"
let date24 = dateFormatter.stringFromDate(date!)
Swift 3
Time format 24 hours to 12 hours
let dateAsString = "13:15"
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "HH:mm"
let date = dateFormatter.date(from: dateAsString)
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "h:mm a"
let Date12 = dateFormatter.string(from: date!)
print("12 hour formatted Date:",Date12)
output will be 12 hour formatted Date: 1:15 PM
Time format 12 hours to 24 hours
let dateAsString = "1:15 PM"
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "h:mm a"
let date = dateFormatter.date(from: dateAsString)
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "HH:mm"
let Date24 = dateFormatter.string(from: date!)
print("24 hour formatted Date:",Date24)
output will be 24 hour formatted Date: 13:15
Below is the swift 3 version of the solution -
let dateAsString = "6:35:58 PM"
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "h:mm:ss a"
let date = dateFormatter.date(from: dateAsString)
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "HH:mm:ss"
let date24 = dateFormatter.string(from: date!)
print(date24)
Here is code for other way around
For Swift 3
func amAppend(str:String) -> String{
var temp = str
var strArr = str.characters.split{$0 == ":"}.map(String.init)
var hour = Int(strArr[0])!
var min = Int(strArr[1])!
if(hour > 12){
temp = temp + "PM"
}
else{
temp = temp + "AM"
}
return temp
}
Swift version 3.0.2 , Xcode Version 8.2.1 (8C1002) (12 hr format ):
func getTodayString() -> String{
let formatter = DateFormatter()
formatter.dateFormat = "h:mm:ss a "
formatter.amSymbol = "AM"
formatter.pmSymbol = "PM"
let currentDateStr = formatter.string(from: Date())
print(currentDateStr)
return currentDateStr
}
OUTPUT : 12:41:42 AM
Feel free to comment. Thanks
I am using a function here in my case by which I am updating a label with the normal time format and after that I am storing the selected time's 24hr format to do some another tasks..
Here is my code...
func timeUpdate(sender: NSDate)
{
let timeSave = NSDateFormatter() //Creating first object to update time label as 12hr format with AM/PM
timeSave.timeStyle = NSDateFormatterStyle.ShortStyle //Setting the style for the time selection.
self.TimeShowOutlet.text = timeSave.stringFromDate(sender) // Getting the string from the selected time and updating the label as 1:40 PM
let timeCheck = NSDateFormatter() //Creating another object to store time in 24hr format.
timeCheck.dateFormat = "HH:mm:ss" //Setting the format for the time save.
let time = timeCheck.stringFromDate(sender) //Getting the time string as 13:40:00
self.timeSelectedForCheckAvailability = time //At last saving the 24hr format time for further task.
}
After writing this function you can call this where you are choosing the time from date/time picker.
Thanks,
Hope this helped.