How To Work With Dates in Swift

Everything you need to know about working with dates in Swift

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According to Apple, a date is:

“A specific point in time, independent of any calendar or time zone.”

You can get the current date simply with:

let date = Date()
print(date)

Output:

2021-04-21 9:23:19 +0000

A Date object supports:

• Comparison
• Time interval calculation
• Creating a new date with respect to another date.

For example:

Output:

3600.0
2021-04-20 05:18:45 +0000
2021-04-20 04:18:45 +0000

This is already something. But if you need to have more control over the dates, you should use Swift’s built-in DateFormatter.

DateFormatter—Customize and Localize Dates