Get date from date picker in swift

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