Convert String to NSDate with Swift 2 - ios

Question

I'm trying to convert a string to NSDate here is my code
let strDate = "2015-11-01T00:00:00Z" // "2015-10-06T15:42:34Z"
let dateFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ"
print ( dateFormatter.dateFromString( strDate ) )
I keep getting nil as a result

Answer 1

The "T" in the format string needs to be single quoted so it will not be consider a symbol:
Swift 3.0
let strDate = "2015-11-01T00:00:00Z"
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ"
let date = dateFormatter.date(from:strDate)
print("date: \(date!)")
Output:
date: 2015-11-01 00:00:00 +0000
Swift 2.x
let strDate = "2015-11-01T00:00:00Z"
let dateFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ"
let date = dateFormatter.dateFromString(strDate)
print("date: \(date!)")
Output:
date: 2015-11-01 00:00:00 +0000
See: Date Field SymbolTable.
This includes the need to enclose ASCII letters in single quotes if they are intended to represent literal text.

Answer 2

For swift 4 and swift 3.2 updated answer.
here all Date related function mentioned.
hop these function useful for you.
1=> Timestamp to Date
func timeStampToDate(_timestamp : String, _dateFormat : String) -> String{
var LOCAL_TIME_ZONE: Int { return TimeZone.current.secondsFromGMT() }
var date = Date(timeIntervalSince1970: TimeInterval(_timestamp)!)
date += TimeInterval(LOCAL_TIME_ZONE as NSNumber)
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.timeZone = TimeZone(abbreviation: "GMT") //Set timezone that you want
dateFormatter.locale = NSLocale.current
dateFormatter.dateFormat = _dateFormat //Specify your format that you want
let strDate = dateFormatter.string(from: date)
return strDate
}
2=> Date to String
func DateToString(date : Date, dateFormatte : String) -> String {
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = dateFormatte
print("Dateobj: (dateFormatter.string(from: dateObj!))")
return (dateFormatter.string(from: date as Date))
}
3=> String to date
func StringDateToDate(dateString : String, dateFormatte : String) -> Date {
//let dateString = "Thu, 22 Oct 2015 07:45:17 +0000"
//let dateFormatte = "EEE, dd MMM yyyy hh:mm:ss +zzzz"
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = dateFormatte
let dateObj = dateFormatter.date(from: dateString)
if dateObj == nil {
return Date()
}
return dateObj!
}