Put the time in French - ios

Question

I try to format the time in French in my iOS app written in Swift 3
Here the data string
2000-01-01T14:00:00.000Z
Here method swift 3
func get_time_start() -> String {
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.locale = Locale(identifier: "fr_FR")
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'"
let timeStart = dateFormatter.date(from: time_start)
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "hh:mm"
return dateFormatter.string(from: timeStart!);
}
On my application gives its 2:00
And I want to display 2:00 p.m.
I used it: dateFormatter.locale = Locale (identifier: "fr_FR")
but its not working there have another manipulation do?

Answer 1

You need to fix both date formats:
func get_time_start() -> String {
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.locale = Locale(identifier: "fr_FR")
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ"
let timeStart = dateFormatter.date(from: time_start)
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "hh:mm a"
return dateFormatter.string(from: timeStart!);
}
Better yet, don't use dateFormat to convert the Date to a String. Instead, set the timeStyle so it's formatted properly without the need to force a specific format.
func get_time_start() -> String {
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.locale = Locale(identifier: "fr_FR")
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ"
let timeStart = dateFormatter.date(from: time_start)
dateFormatter.dateFormat = nil
dateFormatter.timeStyle = .medium
dateFormatter.dateStyle = .none
return dateFormatter.string(from: timeStart!);
}
In either case, only set the locale if you want all users to see the time formatted in that specific locale (and that would be rare).