Convert String minutes seconds to Int - ios

Question

I've a string with minutes and seconds in format "minutes:seconds". For example, "5:36". I want to convert it to Int value. For example "5:36" string should be 336 Int value. How this can be done?

Answer 1

let timeString = "5:36"
let timeStringArray = timeString.split(separator: ":")
let minutesInt = Int(timeStringArray[0]) ?? 0
let secondsInt = Int(timeStringArray[1]) ?? 0
let resultInt = minutesInt * 60 + secondsInt
print(resultInt)

Answer 2

Here's a simple extension you can use which will validate the format of your input string too:
import Foundation
extension String {
func toSeconds() -> Int? {
let elements = components(separatedBy: ":")
guard elements.count == 2 else {
print("Provided string doesn't have two sides separated by a ':'")
return nil
}
guard let minutes = Int(elements[0]),
let seconds = Int(elements[1]) else {
print("Either the minute value or the seconds value cannot be converted to an Int")
return nil
}
return (minutes*60) + seconds
}
}
Usage:
let testString1 = "5:36"
let testString2 = "35:36"
print(testString1.toSeconds()) // prints: "Optional(336)"
print(testString2.toSeconds()) // prints: "Optional(2136)"

Answer 3

I tried out your example on the playground here's the code:
import Foundation
let time1String = "0:00"
let time2String = "5:36"
let timeformatter = DateFormatter()
timeformatter.dateFormat = "m:ss"
let time1 = timeformatter.date(from: time1String)
let time2 = timeformatter.date(from: time2String)
if let time1 = time1 {
print(time2?.timeIntervalSince(time1)) // prints: Optional(336.0)
}