I am getting year,month and day from a given date in this way.
let today=Date()
var calendar = Calendar.current
calendar.timeZone = .current
let components = calendar.dateComponents([.year, .month, .day], from: today)
let day=components.day
But I'm getting one day ahead from my current day. How can I solve this?
let date = Date().description(with: Locale.current)
print("date ---> \(date)")
Result: date ---> Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at 4:35:15 PM India Standard Time
I'm getting perfect system/local time.
You code is working,
let today=Date()
var calendar = Calendar.current
calendar.timeZone = .current
let components = calendar.dateComponents([.year, .month, .day, .hour, .minute], from: today)
let day = components.day
let hour = components.hour
let minute = components.minute
print("day = \(day)\nhour = \(hour)\nminute = \(minute)")
Result: day = Optional(20) hour = Optional(16) minute = Optional(35)
Get Local Date and Time
Swift 5:
let today = Date()
let timeZone = Double(TimeZone.current.secondsFromGMT(for: today))
let localDate = Calendar.current.date(byAdding: .second, value: Int(timeZone), to: today) ?? Date()
As per the documentation:
If you want “date information in a given time zone” in order to
display it, you should use DateFormatter to format the date.
eg:
// If date is "Dec 7, 2018 at 6:34 AM" UTC
let today=Date() // is always UTC
var calendar = Calendar.current
calendar.timeZone = .current
let components = calendar.dateComponents([.year, .month, .day], from: today)
let day = components.day // Is 7
// To print with local version
let myFormatter = DateFormatter()
myFormatter.timeZone = TimeZone(secondsFromGMT: 3600*10)
myFormatter.dateFormat = "dd"
print(myFormatter.string(from: today)) // prints "07\n"
myFormatter.timeZone = TimeZone(secondsFromGMT: -3600*11)
print(myFormatter.string(from: today)) // prints "06\n"
I'm trying to display a countdown in a hh:mm:ss format but since I'm not outputting the Date but the dateComponents, I can't use formatter.dateFormat. Is there a possibility to format the dateComponents?
Currently I get an output that looks like this:
Hour: 5, Minute: 12, Second: 45
func nextEventCalculator() -> DateComponents {
let now = Date()
let calendar = Calendar.current
let components = DateComponents(calendar: calendar, hour: 12, minute: 15) // <- 12:15 pm
let nextEvent = calendar.nextDate(after: now, matching: components, matchingPolicy: .nextTime)!
let diff = calendar.dateComponents([.hour, .minute, .second], from: now, to: nextEvent)
dateCountdownLabel.text = "\(diff)"
return diff
}
Use DateComponentsFormatter with a unitsStyle of .positional:
let formatter = DateComponentsFormatter()
formatter.unitsStyle = .positional
dateCountdownLabel.text = formatter.string(from: diff)
I'm trying to get the first and last day of the month in swift.
So far I have the following:
let dateFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
let date = NSDate()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd"
let calendar = NSCalendar.currentCalendar()
let components = calendar.components([.Year, .Month, .Day, .Hour, .Minute, .Second], fromDate: date)
let month = components.month
let year = components.year
let startOfMonth = ("\(year)-\(month)-01")
But I'm not sure how to get the last date. Is there a built in method I'm missing? Obviously it has to take into account leap years etc.
Swift 3 and 4 drop-in extensions
This actually gets a lot easier with Swift 3+:
You can do it without guard (you could if you wanted to, but because DateComponents is a non-optional type now, it's no longer necessary).
Using iOS 8's startOfDayForDate (now startOfDay), you don't need to manually set the time to 12pm unless you're doing some really crazy calendar calculations across time zones.
It's worth mentioning that some of the other answers claim you can shortcut this by using Calendar.current.date(byAdding: .month, value: 0, to: Date())!, but where this fails, is that it doesn't actually zero out the day, or account for differences in timezones.
Here you go:
extension Date {
func startOfMonth() -> Date {
return Calendar.current.date(from: Calendar.current.dateComponents([.year, .month], from: Calendar.current.startOfDay(for: self)))!
}
func endOfMonth() -> Date {
return Calendar.current.date(byAdding: DateComponents(month: 1, day: -1), to: self.startOfMonth())!
}
}
print(Date().startOfMonth()) // "2018-02-01 08:00:00 +0000\n"
print(Date().endOfMonth()) // "2018-02-28 08:00:00 +0000\n"
You get the first day of the month simply with
let components = calendar.components([.Year, .Month], fromDate: date)
let startOfMonth = calendar.dateFromComponents(components)!
print(dateFormatter.stringFromDate(startOfMonth)) // 2015-11-01
To get the last day of the month, add one month and subtract one day:
let comps2 = NSDateComponents()
comps2.month = 1
comps2.day = -1
let endOfMonth = calendar.dateByAddingComponents(comps2, toDate: startOfMonth, options: [])!
print(dateFormatter.stringFromDate(endOfMonth)) // 2015-11-30
Alternatively, use the rangeOfUnit method which gives you
the start and the length of the month:
var startOfMonth : NSDate?
var lengthOfMonth : NSTimeInterval = 0
calendar.rangeOfUnit(.Month, startDate: &startOfMonth, interval: &lengthOfMonth, forDate: date)
For a date on the last day of month, add the length of the month minus one second:
let endOfMonth = startOfMonth!.dateByAddingTimeInterval(lengthOfMonth - 1)
Updated for Swift5:
extension Date {
var startOfDay: Date {
return Calendar.current.startOfDay(for: self)
}
var startOfMonth: Date {
let calendar = Calendar(identifier: .gregorian)
let components = calendar.dateComponents([.year, .month], from: self)
return calendar.date(from: components)!
}
var endOfDay: Date {
var components = DateComponents()
components.day = 1
components.second = -1
return Calendar.current.date(byAdding: components, to: startOfDay)!
}
var endOfMonth: Date {
var components = DateComponents()
components.month = 1
components.second = -1
return Calendar(identifier: .gregorian).date(byAdding: components, to: startOfMonth)!
}
func isMonday() -> Bool {
let calendar = Calendar(identifier: .gregorian)
let components = calendar.dateComponents([.weekday], from: self)
return components.weekday == 2
}
}
With Swift 3 & iOS 10 the easiest way I found to do this is Calendar's dateInterval(of:for:):
guard let interval = calendar.dateInterval(of: .month, for: Date()) else { return }
You can then use interval.start and interval.end to get the dates you need.
Swift 3
Many date example for :
Last 6 month,
last 3 month,
yesterday, last 7 day, last 30 day, previous month,
current month start & end, last month start & end date
let startDate = dateFormatter.string(from: Date().getThisMonthStart()!)
let endDate = dateFormatter.string(from: Date().getThisMonthEnd()!)
extension Date {
func getLast6Month() -> Date? {
return Calendar.current.date(byAdding: .month, value: -6, to: self)
}
func getLast3Month() -> Date? {
return Calendar.current.date(byAdding: .month, value: -3, to: self)
}
func getYesterday() -> Date? {
return Calendar.current.date(byAdding: .day, value: -1, to: self)
}
func getLast7Day() -> Date? {
return Calendar.current.date(byAdding: .day, value: -7, to: self)
}
func getLast30Day() -> Date? {
return Calendar.current.date(byAdding: .day, value: -30, to: self)
}
func getPreviousMonth() -> Date? {
return Calendar.current.date(byAdding: .month, value: -1, to: self)
}
// This Month Start
func getThisMonthStart() -> Date? {
let components = Calendar.current.dateComponents([.year, .month], from: self)
return Calendar.current.date(from: components)!
}
func getThisMonthEnd() -> Date? {
let components:NSDateComponents = Calendar.current.dateComponents([.year, .month], from: self) as NSDateComponents
components.month += 1
components.day = 1
components.day -= 1
return Calendar.current.date(from: components as DateComponents)!
}
//Last Month Start
func getLastMonthStart() -> Date? {
let components:NSDateComponents = Calendar.current.dateComponents([.year, .month], from: self) as NSDateComponents
components.month -= 1
return Calendar.current.date(from: components as DateComponents)!
}
//Last Month End
func getLastMonthEnd() -> Date? {
let components:NSDateComponents = Calendar.current.dateComponents([.year, .month], from: self) as NSDateComponents
components.day = 1
components.day -= 1
return Calendar.current.date(from: components as DateComponents)!
}
}
Swift 4
If you only need the ordinal day:
func lastDay(ofMonth m: Int, year y: Int) -> Int {
let cal = Calendar.current
var comps = DateComponents(calendar: cal, year: y, month: m)
comps.setValue(m + 1, for: .month)
comps.setValue(0, for: .day)
let date = cal.date(from: comps)!
return cal.component(.day, from: date)
}
lastDay(ofMonth: 2, year: 2018) // 28
lastDay(ofMonth: 2, year: 2020) // 29
This is the simplest way that I found (Swift 5+):
extension Date {
func getStart(of component: Calendar.Component, calendar: Calendar = Calendar.current) -> Date? {
return calendar.dateInterval(of: component, for: self)?.start
}
func getEnd(of component: Calendar.Component, calendar: Calendar = Calendar.current) -> Date? {
return calendar.dateInterval(of: component, for: self)?.end
}
}
Here is easiest solution:
extension Date {
func startOfMonth() -> Date {
let interval = Calendar.current.dateInterval(of: .month, for: self)
return (interval?.start.toLocalTime())! // Without toLocalTime it give last months last date
}
func endOfMonth() -> Date {
let interval = Calendar.current.dateInterval(of: .month, for: self)
return interval!.end
}
// Convert UTC (or GMT) to local time
func toLocalTime() -> Date {
let timezone = TimeZone.current
let seconds = TimeInterval(timezone.secondsFromGMT(for: self))
return Date(timeInterval: seconds, since: self)
}}
and then call these with your date instance:
print(Date().startOfMonth())
print(Date().endOfMonth())
2017...
First, get the month you need:
let cal = Calendar.current
let d = Calendar.current.date(byAdding: .month, value: 0, to: Date())!
// for "last month" just use -1, for "next month" just use 1, etc
To get the day-of-the-week for the first day of the month:
let c = cal.dateComponents([.year, .month], from: d)
let FDOM = cal.date(from: c)!
let dowFDOM = cal.component(.weekday, from: FDOM)
print("the day-of-week on the 1st is ... \(dowFDOM)")
// so, that's 1=Sunday, 2=Monday, etc.
To get the number of days in the month:
let r = cal.range(of: .day, in: .month, for: d)!
let kDays = r.count
print("the number of days is ... \(kDays)")
With Swift 3, you can choose one of the two following patters in order to retrieve the first and last days of a month.
#1. Using Calendar dateComponents(_:from:), date(from:) and date(byAdding:to:wrappingComponents:) methods
With this pattern, you first get the date of the first day of a month then add a month and remove a day from it in order to get the date of the last day of the month. The Playground code below shows how to set it:
import Foundation
// Set calendar and date
let calendar = Calendar.current
let date = calendar.date(byAdding: DateComponents(day: -10), to: Date())!
// Get first day of month
let firstDayComponents = calendar.dateComponents([.year, .month], from: date)
let firstDay = calendar.date(from: firstDayComponents)!
// Get last day of month
let lastDayComponents = DateComponents(month: 1, day: -1)
let lastDay = calendar.date(byAdding: lastDayComponents, to: firstDay)!
// Set date formatter
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.locale = Locale(identifier: "en_UK")
dateFormatter.dateStyle = .long
dateFormatter.timeStyle = .long
// Print results
print(dateFormatter.string(from: date)) // Prints: 22 March 2017 at 18:07:15 CET
print(dateFormatter.string(from: firstDay)) // Prints: 1 March 2017 at 00:00:00 CET
print(dateFormatter.string(from: lastDay)) // Prints: 31 March 2017 at 00:00:00 CEST
#2. Using Calendar range(of:in:for:), dateComponents(_:from:) and date(from:) and methods
With this pattern, you get a range of absolute day values in a month and then retrieve the dates of the first day and last day of the month from it. The Playground code below shows how to set it:
import Foundation
// Set calendar and date
let calendar = Calendar.current
let date = calendar.date(byAdding: DateComponents(day: -10), to: Date())!
// Get range of days in month
let range = calendar.range(of: .day, in: .month, for: date)! // Range(1..<32)
// Get first day of month
var firstDayComponents = calendar.dateComponents([.year, .month], from: date)
firstDayComponents.day = range.lowerBound
let firstDay = calendar.date(from: firstDayComponents)!
// Get last day of month
var lastDayComponents = calendar.dateComponents([.year, .month], from: date)
lastDayComponents.day = range.upperBound - 1
//lastDayComponents.day = range.count // also works
let lastDay = calendar.date(from: lastDayComponents)!
// Set date formatter
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.locale = Locale(identifier: "en_UK")
dateFormatter.dateStyle = .long
dateFormatter.timeStyle = .long
// Print results
print(dateFormatter.string(from: date)) // prints: 22 March 2017 at 18:07:15 CET
print(dateFormatter.string(from: firstDay)) // prints: 1 March 2017 at 00:00:00 CET
print(dateFormatter.string(from: lastDay)) // prints: 31 March 2017 at 00:00:00 CEST
In swift 3, if you put 0 to day component you can get the last day of the month. There's an example code:
public func isMoreDays(date: Date, asc: Bool)->Bool{
//components
var dayComponents = self.getDateComponents(date: date)
//asc is true if ascendant or false if descendant
dayComponents.day = asc ? 0 : 1
//plus 1 to month 'cos if you set up day to 0 you are going to the previous month
dayComponents.month = asc ? dayComponents.month! + 1 : dayComponents.month
//instantiate calendar and get the date
let calendar : Calendar = NSCalendar.current
let day = calendar.date(from: dayComponents)
//date comparison
if(day?.compare(date) == .orderedSame){
return false
}
return true
}
You can use the following extensions here :
let today = Date()
let startOfMonth = today.beginning(of: .month)
let endOfMonth = today.end(of: .month)
We can get day of year for date using below line.
let day = cal.ordinalityOfUnit(.Day, inUnit: .Year, forDate: date)
But how can we get the date from day of year?
If you know the year you can get DateComponents date property as follow:
extension Calendar {
static let iso8601 = Calendar(identifier: .iso8601)
}
let now = Date()
let day = Calendar.iso8601.ordinality(of: .day, in: .year, for: now)! // 121
let year = Calendar.iso8601.component(.year, from: now) // 2017
let date = DateComponents(calendar: .iso8601, year: year, day: day).date // "May 1, 2017, 12:00 AM"
or using DateFormatter
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy D"
if let date = dateFormatter.date(from: "\(year) \(day)") {
dateFormatter.dateStyle = .medium
dateFormatter.timeStyle = .short
dateFormatter.string(from: date) // "May 1, 2017, 12:00 AM"
}
You cannot go the other way. Going from a date to a day of the year discards all other information, you are left with only the day of the year (you no longer know what year). To go back to a full date you would have to make assumptions about the year the day was in.
The answer that #LeoDabus gave is more succinct than this, so it is perhaps the better choice. Having said that, this is the code that I would have used:
let dateComponents = NSDateComponents();
dateComponents.year = 2015
dateComponents.day = day
let calendar = NSCalendar.currentCalendar()
let date = calendar.dateFromComponents(dateComponents)
Updated for Swift 4:
let dateComponents = NSDateComponents();
dateComponents.year = 2018
dateComponents.day = someDay
let calendar = NSCalendar.current
let date = calendar.date(from: dateComponents as DateComponents)
How would I get the hour of the day in Swift.
I have tried NSCalendar and NSDateComponents, but I'm afraid I'm just starting with Swift.
Swift 5.0 / 4.0 / 3.0
let hour = Calendar.current.component(.hour, from: Date())
Or, if you're interested in 12 hour AM/PM date format, then use NSDateFormatter
let formatter = DateFormatter()
formatter.dateFormat = "hh a" // "a" prints "pm" or "am"
let hourString = formatter.string(from: Date()) // "12 AM"
If you want minutes, seconds and others, do as following
let date = Date() // save date, so all components use the same date
let calendar = Calendar.current // or e.g. Calendar(identifier: .persian)
let hour = calendar.component(.hour, from: date)
let minute = calendar.component(.minute, from: date)
let second = calendar.component(.second, from: date)
Check out available components on Apple docs:
.era, .year, .month, .day, .hour, .minute, .second,
.weekday, .weekdayOrdinal, .quarter, weekOfMonth, .weekOfYear,
.yearForWeekOfYear, .nanosecond, .calendar, .timezone
Swift 2.0
let hour = NSCalendar.currentCalendar().component(.Hour, fromDate: NSDate())
Swift 1.0
let hour = NSCalendar.currentCalendar().component(.CalendarUnitHour, fromDate: NSDate())
Swift 3:
let date = Date()// Aug 25, 2017, 11:55 AM
let calendar = Calendar.current
let hour = calendar.component(.hour, from: date) //11
let minute = calendar.component(.minute, from: date) //55
let sec = calendar.component(.second, from: date) //33
let weekDay = calendar.component(.weekday, from: date) //6 (Friday)
Get any of component available from the API below
public enum Component {
case era
case year
case month
case day
case hour
case minute
case second
case weekday
case weekdayOrdinal
case quarter
case weekOfMonth
case weekOfYear
case yearForWeekOfYear
case nanosecond
case calendar
case timeZone
}
Swift 2:
let currentHour = NSCalendar.currentCalendar().component(.Hour, fromDate: NSDate())
This could be enough :
let currentDate = NSDate() // You can input the custom as well
let calendar = NSCalendar.currentCalendar()
let components = calendar.components(.CalendarUnitHour | .CalendarUnitMinute, fromDate: currentDate)
let currentHour = components.hour // You can play around with the ""components""
If you want the current hour in a String, this is as short and readable I could think of.
let formatter = NSDateFormatter()
formatter.dateFormat = "HH"
let timeString = formatter.stringFromDate(NSDate())
Finally I was able to find the easiest solution after struggling for a time
let dateComponents = NSCalendar.currentCalendar().components(NSCalendarUnit.HourCalendarUnit, fromDate: NSDate())
let nHourOfDay = dateComponents.hour
For Swift 2.0:
let hour = NSCalendar.currentCalendar().component(NSCalendarUnit.Hour, fromDate: NSDate())
Here is a reference example for how I do it (DateUtils.swift) -
Example Use:
let today = DateUtils.getToday();
let hr = DateUtils.getHours(today);
let min = DateUtils.getMinutes(today);
... (etc.) ...
DateUtils.swift:
//Field wrapper routines
class func getToday() -> Date { return Date(); }
class func getHours(_ date : Date) -> Int { return Calendar.current.component(.hour, from: date); }
class func getMinutes(_ date : Date) -> Int { return Calendar.current.component(.minute, from: date); }
... (continued for all fields, see file) ...
You can get the integer value of the current hour in one step like this:
let currentHour = NSCalendar.currentCalendar().components(.Hour, fromDate: NSDate()).hour