Get date from date picker in swift - ios

Question

I have created an IBOutlet to a date picker.
#IBOutlet weak var logDate: UIDatePicker!
I have also set the mode of this date picker to date.
Is there a way for me to extract the date that the user would input into the date picker?
I tried using print(logdate), however it also gives me the date along with the time. Like this 2015-10-30 07:10:03 +0000

Answer 1

Perhaps you want this:
let components = logDate.calendar.components([.Era, .Year, .Month, .Day],
fromDate: logDate.date)
print("\(components.era) \(components.year) \(components.month) \(components.day)")
// Output: 1 2015 10 31
Or perhaps you want this:
let formatter = NSDateFormatter()
formatter.calendar = logDate.calendar
formatter.dateStyle = .MediumStyle
formatter.timeStyle = .NoStyle
let dateString = formatter.stringFromDate(logDate.date)
print(dateString)
// Output: Oct 31, 2015
You can try another dateStyle setting, or be more explicit by setting the dateFormat property. The dateFormat syntax can get pretty hairy. Remember to use yyyy, not YYYY, for the year part of your format. But it's MM, not mm for the month part. Example:
formatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd"
print(formatter.stringFromDate(logDate.date))
// Output: 2015-10-31

Answer 2

You can extract the date inputted by the user in a date field using this code.
Note: This solution extracts the input as a string
var dateFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateStyle = NSDateFormatterStyle.ShortStyle // You can also use Long, Medium and No style.
dateFormatter.timeStyle = NSDateFormatterStyle.ShortStyle
var inputDate = dateFormatter.stringFromDate(*datepicker outlet name*.date)
print(inputDate)
Used a section of code from: http://www.ioscreator.com/tutorials/display-date-date-picker-ios8-swift

Answer 3

Swift 5
It's more simple than it appears. Just create a var of type Date and set its value from the datePicker outlet like this.
#IBOutlet weak var yourDatePicker: NSDatePicker!
var date = Date()
#IBAction func datePickerChanged(_ sender: Any) {
date = yourDatePicker.dateValue
}
Now you can use that variable to insert date values on Core Data's attributes of type Date or something like that.

Answer 4

Get hour and minute in swift 5
let comp = datePickerOutlet.calendar.dateComponents([.hour, .minute], from: datePickerOutlet.date)
print(comp.hour!)
print(comp.minute!)