I want to convert server UTC time to local time and vice-versa. Here is my code..
var isTimeFromServer = true
var time:String!
var period:String!
let timeString = "6:59 AM" //Current UTC time
if isTimeFromServer {
let index = timeString.index(timeString.startIndex, offsetBy: 5)
let twelve = timeString.substring(to: index)
var dateString:String!
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "H:mm"
let date12 = dateFormatter.date(from: twelve)!
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "h:mm a"
let date22 = dateFormatter.string(from: date12)
//print(date22)
dateString = date22
//print("dateString=\(dateString)")
time = dateString.components(separatedBy: " ")[0]
period = dateString.components(separatedBy: " ")[1]
}
else {
time = timeString.components(separatedBy: " ")[0]
period = timeString.components(separatedBy: " ")[1]
}
var hour = Int(time.components(separatedBy: ":")[0])
hour = period == "AM" ? hour : hour! + 12
let minute = Int(time.components(separatedBy: ":")[1])
let calender = NSCalendar.current
var datecomponent = DateComponents()
datecomponent.calendar = calender
datecomponent.hour = hour
datecomponent.minute = minute
if !isTimeFromServer {
// local to UTC
datecomponent.timeZone = TimeZone.current
}
else {
datecomponent.timeZone = TimeZone(abbreviation: "UTC")
}
let date = datecomponent.date
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
if !isTimeFromServer {
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "H:mm"
dateFormatter.timeZone = TimeZone(abbreviation: "UTC")
dateFormatter.string(from: date!)
}
else {
//UTC to local
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "h:mm a"
dateFormatter.timeZone = TimeZone.current
dateFormatter.string(from: date!)
}
I get the local time
o/p: "12:52 PM"
But actual local time and output time difference is 23 minutes.
By the help of Mrugesh Tank Answer,
I have updated his answer and creating the extensions for the date. So that you can easily access the functions from anywhere either from ViewController or either from cell class as well.
Example how to use it:-
I don't know what's wrong with your code.
But looks too much unnecessary things are there like you're setting calendar, fetching some elements from string. Here is my small version of UTCToLocal and localToUTC function.
But for that you need to pass string in specific format. Cause I've forcly unwrapped date objects. But you can use some guard conditions to prevent crashing your app.
and call these function like below.
Hope this will help you.
Happy coding!!
Please try it:
Mrugesh's answer is perfect, but if someone need to use their own formats, or in some different format, I've generalised it so you can give different format or same in both parameters.
You can use it as above. Hope it helps.
For everyone using TimeZone objects. I would advise you to create your TimeZone from identifier rather than abbreviation when you have the possibility.
This prevents errors caused by daylight saving.
To illustrate my point let's take an example. You can instantiate like this
let timeZone = TimeZone(identifier: "Europe/Paris")
or like thatlet timeZone = TimeZone(abbreviation: "CEST")
or "UTC +2:00"But this is time zone for summer CEST meaning Central Europe Summer Time We have CET meaning Central Europe Time for winter which is "UTC +1:00"
You could manage daylight saving by your own with Date.isDaylightSavingsTime but this means more code and you don't have control on where your daylight saving sprang from. "indicates whether the receiver is currently using daylight saving time" from official doc
All is that is to say favour TimeZone(identifier: ...)