Chapter 7. Dates and Times

Swift Chapter 7.
Dates and Times

Calculating a date in the future or past

Swift makes date math straightforward with Calendar and DateComponents.

Comparing two dates

Swift uses the Date type for date and time.

Converting a date into a string

Swift uses DateFormatter to turn Date objects into readable strings.

Getting the current date

Swift’s Foundation framework provides the Date class, making it straightforward to get the current date and time.

Parsing a date from a string

Swift’s standard library, Foundation, provides DateFormatter for converting strings to Date objects and vice versa.