Date Format

 

The following tables are for a developer’s reference, to show the Date Format in Swift 4.

 

Using dateStyle and timeStyle properties

let formatter = DateFormatter()
formatter.dateStyle = .full
formatter.timeStyle = .full
let dateString = formatter.string(from: Date())

Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at 9:48:38 PM Pacific Daylight Time

 

Date Style	Time Style	Example result values
full	full	Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at 9:48:38 PM Pacific Daylight Time
long	long	October 30, 2018 at 9:49:45 PM PDT
medium	medium	Oct 30, 2018 at 9:50:15 PM
short	short	10/30/18, 9:51 PM
none	none

 

Using format strings

let formatter = DateFormatter()
formatter.dateFormat = "y, M, d, E, h:m:s, a"
let dateString = formatter.string(from: Date())

2018, 10, 30, Tue, 9:54:37, PM

 

Format strings	Example result values
y	2018
yy	18
MM	10
MMM	Oct
MMMM	October
MMMMM	O
d	30
dd	30
e	3
eee	Tue
eeee	Tuesday
eeeee	T
h	10
hh	10
H	22
HH	22
m	29
mm	29
s	47
ss	47
a	PM
z	PDT
Z	-0700
G	AD