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DateHelper 5.0.1
A high performant Swift Date Extension for creating, comparing, or modifying dates.
Capabilities
- Date from String
- Using date detection i.e.
"Tomorrow at 5:30 PM" - With predefined format: i.e.
.isoDateTime - With custom format: i.e.
"dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss"
- Using date detection i.e.
- String from Date
- With predefined format: i.e.
.rss - With custom format: i.e.
""MMM d, yyyy"" - With combined date and time style: i.e.
.medium - With individual date and time style: i.e.
.medium, .short
- With predefined format: i.e.
- Modify Date
- Offset date component: i.e.
.offset(.second, value: 110) - Adjust date component: i.e.
.adjust(hour: 12, minute: 0, second: 0) - Adjust date to a predefined time: i.e.
.adjust(for: .startOfDay)
- Offset date component: i.e.
- Compare Date
- Compare against relative date in predefined format: i.e.
.isToday, .isThisWeek - Compare againnst target date: i.e.
firstDate.compare(.isSameMonth(as: secondDate))
- Compare against relative date in predefined format: i.e.
- Time Since
- Time since target date in component: i.e.
Date().since(secondDate, in: .second)
- Time since target date in component: i.e.
- Extras
- Extract date and time components: i.e.
.hour, .minute, .day - Conveniance methods: i.e.
numberOfDaysInMonth(), firstDayOfWeek(), .lastDayOfWeek()
- Extract date and time components: i.e.
Date From String
Provides initializers to create a Date from a String
Detect a Date from natural language in a String
Date(detectFromString: "Tomorrow at 5:30 PM")
Uses NSDataDetector to detect a date from natural language in a string. It works similar to how Apple Mail detects dates. This initializer is not as efficient as fromString:format: and should not be used in collections or lists.
Date from a string with predefined format
Date(fromString: "2009", format: .isoYear)
Date(fromString: "2009-08", format: .isoYearMonth)
Date(fromString: "2009-08-11", format: .isoDate)
Date(fromString: "2009-08-11T06:00:00-07:00", format: .isoDateTime)
Date(fromString: "2009-08-11T06:00:00.000-07:00", format: .isoDateTimeFull)
Date(fromString: "/Date(1260123281843)/", format: .dotNet)
Date(fromString: "Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:26:08 +0200", format: .rss)
Date(fromString: "09 Sep 2011 15:26:08 +0200", format: .altRSS)
Date(fromString: "Wed, 01 03 2017 06:43:19 -0500", format: .httpHeader)
Highly performant, cached and thread safe. Can optionally receive timeZone, locale or isLenient flag.
Date from a string with custom format
Date(fromString: "16 July 1972 6:12:00", format: .custom("dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss"))
Highly performant, cached and thread safe. Can optionally receive timeZone, locale or isLenient flag.
String From Date
Provides three ways to convert a Date object to a String
Convert Date to String using predefined format
Date().toString(format: .isoYear)
"2017"
Date().toString(format: .isoYearMonth)
"2017-03"
Date().toString(format: .isoDate)
"2017-03-01"
Date().toString(format: .isoDateTime)
"2017-03-01T06:43:19-05:00"
Date().toString(format: .isoDateTimeFull)
"2017-03-01T06:43:19.000-05:00"
Date().toString(format: .dotNet)
"/Date(-51488368599000.000000)/"
Date().toString(format: .rss)
"Wed, 1 Mar 2017 06:43:19 -0500"
Date().toString(format: .altRSS)
"1 Mar 2017 06:43:19 -0500"
Date().toString(format: .httpHeader)
"Wed, 01 03 2017 06:43:19 -0500"
Highly performant, cached and thread safe. Can optionally receive timeZone and locale.
Convert Date to String using custom format
Date().toString(format: .custom("MMM d, yyyy"))
"Mar 1, 2017"
Date().toString(format: .custom("h:mm a"))
"6:43 AM"
Date().toString(format: .custom("MMM d"))
"Wed Mar 1"
Highly performant, cached and thread safe. Can optionally receive timeZone and locale.
Convert Date to String using predefined combined date and time styles
Date().toString(style: .short)
"3/1/17, 6:43 AM"
Date().toString(style: .medium)
"Mar 1, 2017 at 6:43:19 AM"
Date().toString(style: .long)
"March 1, 2017 at 6:43:19 AM EST"
Date().toString(style: .full)
"Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at 6:43:19 AM Eastern Standard Time"
Date().toString(style: .ordinalDay)
"1st"
Date().toString(style: .weekday)
"Wednesday"
Date().toString(style: .shortWeekday)
"Wed"
Date().toString(style: .veryShortWeekday)
"W"
Date().toString(style: .month)
"April"
Date().toString(style: .shortMonth)
"Apr"
Date().toString(style: .veryShortMonth)
"A"
Convert Date to String using predefined individual date and time styles
Date().toString(dateStyle: .none, timeStyle: .short)
"6:43 AM"
Date().toString(dateStyle: .short, timeStyle: .none)
"3/1/17"
Date().toString(dateStyle: .short, timeStyle: .short)
"3/1/17, 6:43 AM"
Date().toString(dateStyle: .medium, timeStyle: .medium)
"Mar 1, 2017 at 6:43:19 AM"
Date().toString(dateStyle: .long, timeStyle: .long)
"March 1, 2017 at 6:43:19 AM EST"
Date().toString(dateStyle: .full, timeStyle: .full)
"Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at 6:43:19 AM Eastern Standard Time"
Modifying dates
Provides functions for adjusting or shifting dates
Offset components
Date().offset(.second, value: 10)
"18:14:41" -> "18:14:51"
Date().offset(.minute, value: 10)
"18:14:41" -> "18:24:41"
Date().offset(.hour, value: 2)
"18:14:41" -> "20:14:41"
Date().offset(.day, value: 1)
"2009-12-06" -> "2009-12-07"
Date().offset(.weekday, value: 2)
"2009-12-06" -> "2009-16-06"
Date().offset(.weekdayOrdinal, value: 1)
"2009-12-06" -> "2009-12-20"
Date().offset(.week, value: -2)
"2009-12-06" -> "2009-11-22"
Date().offset(.month, value: 2)
"2009-12-06" -> "2010-02-06"
Date().offset(.year, value: -2)
"2009-12-06" -> "2007-12-06"
Adjust components
Modifies date with the specified date component
Date().adjust(hour: 1, minute: 10, second: 30, day: 15, month: 1)
"2009-12-06 18:14:41" -> "2009-01-15 06:10:30"
Date().adjust(minute: 59)
"2009-12-06 18:14:41" -> "2009-12-06 18:59:30"
Adjust date
Modifies date with predefined times like endOfDay, startOfDay startOfWeek etc.
Date().adjust(for: .startOfDay)
"2009-12-06 18:14:41" -> "2009-12-06 00:00:00"
Date().adjust(for: .endOfDay)
"2009-12-06 18:14:41" -> "2009-12-06 23-59-59"
Date().adjust(for: .startOfWeek)
"2009-12-08 18:14:41" -> "2009-12-06 18:14:41"
Date().adjust(for: .endOfWeek)
"2009-12-06 18:14:41" -> "2009-12-12 18:14:41"
Date().adjust(for: .startOfMonth)
"2009-12-06 18:14:41" -> "2009-12-01 18:14:41"
Date().adjust(for: .endOfMonth)
"2009-12-06 18:14:41" -> "2009-12-31 18:14:41"
Date().adjust(for: .tomorrow)
"2009-12-06 18:14:41" -> "tomorrow at 18:14:41"
Date().adjust(for: .yesterday)
"2009-12-06 18:14:41" -> "yesterday at 18:14:41"
Date().adjust(for: .nearestMinute(minute:30))
"2009-12-07 18-14-00" -> "2009-12-07 18-00-00"
"2009-12-07 18-40-00" -> "2009-12-07 18-30-00"
"2009-12-07 18-50-00" -> "2009-12-07 19-00-00"
Date().adjust(for: .nearestHour(hour:2))
"2009-12-07 18-00-00" -> "2009-12-08 00-00-00"
"2009-12-07 07-00-00" -> "2009-12-07 12-00-00"
"2009-12-07 03-00-00" -> "2009-12-07 00-00-00"
Date().adjust(for: .startOfYear)
"2009-12-06 18:14:41" -> "2009-01-01 00-00-00"
Date().adjust(for: .endOfYear)
"2009-12-06 18:14:41" -> "2009-12-31 23-59-59"
Compare Dates
Compares dates using predefined times like today, tomorrow, this year, next year etc. Returns true if it matches.
Compare against relative date
Date().compare(.isToday)
Date().compare(.isTomorrow)
Date().compare(.isYesterday)
Date().compare(.isThisWeek)
Date().compare(.isNextWeek)
Date().compare(.isLastWeek)
Date().compare(.isThisYear)
Date().compare(.isNextYear)
Date().compare(.isLastYear)
Date().compare(.isInTheFuture)
Date().compare(.isInThePast)
Date().compare(.isWeekend)
"2021-12-15" != weekend
"2021-12-18" == weekend
Compare against another date
firstDate.compare(.isSameDay(as: secondDate))
"2022-01-08" != "2022-01-07"
"2022-01-06" != "2022-01-07"
"2022-01-07" == "2022-01-07"
firstDate.compare(.isSameWeek(as: secondDate))
"2022-01-14" != "2022-01-07"
"2021-12-31" != "2022-01-07"
"2022-01-07" == "2022-01-07"
firstDate.compare(.isSameMonth(as: secondDate))
"2022-02-07" != "2022-01-07"
"2021-12-07" != "2022-01-07"
"2022-01-07" == "2022-01-07"
firstDate.compare(.isSameYear(as: secondDate))
"2023-01-07" != "2022-01-07"
"2021-01-07" != "2022-01-07"
"2022-01-07" == "2022-01-07"
firstDate.compare(.isEarlier(than: secondDate))
"2022-01-07 19:26:53" != "2022-01-07 19:25:53"
"2022-01-07 19:24:53" == "2022-01-07 19:25:53"
firstDate.compare(.isLater(than: secondDate))
"2022-01-07 19:28:49" == "2022-01-07 19:27:49"
"2022-01-07 19:26:49" != "2022-01-07 19:27:49"
Time since...
Returns a number in the specified unit of measure since the secondary date.
Date().since(secondDate, in: .second)
"2009-12-06 06-14-11" since "2009-12-06 06-13-41" in .second == 30
Date().since(secondDate, in: .minute)
"2009-12-06 06-14-11" since "2009-12-06 04-14-11" in .minute == 120
Date().since(secondDate, in: .hour)
"2009-12-06 06-14-11" since "2009-12-06 04-14-11" in .hour == 2
Date().since(secondDate, in: .day)
"2009-12-06" since "2009-12-05" in .day == 1
Date().since(secondDate, in: .week)
"2009-12-06" since "2009-11-29" in .week == 1
"2009-12-06" since "2009-12-13" in .week == -1
Date().since(secondDate, in: .weekdayOrdinal)
"2009-12-06" since "2009-11-22" in .weekdayOrdinal == 2
Date().since(secondDate, in: .month)
"2009-12-06" since "2009-11-06" in .month == 2
Date().since(secondDate, in: .year)
"2009-12-06" since "2008-12-06" in .year == 1
Miscellaneous
Extracting components from a date
Date().component(.second)
"2009-12-06 18:14:11" .second == "11"
Date().component(.minute)
"2009-12-06 18:14:11" .minute == "14"
Date().component(.hour)
"2009-12-06 18:14:11" .hour == "18"
Date().component(.day)
"2009-12-06 18:14:11" .day == "6"
Date().component(.weekday)
"2009-12-06 18:14:11" .weekday == "1"
Date().component(.weekdayOrdinal)
"2009-12-06 18:14:11" .weekdayOrdinal == "1"
Date().component(.month)
"2009-12-06 18:14:11" .month == "12"
Date().component(.year)
"2009-12-06 18:14:11" .year == "2009"
Conveneience methods
Date().numberOfDaysInMonth()
"2021-12-17" numberOfDaysInMonth() == 31
Date().firstDayOfWeek()
"2021-12-17" firstDayOfWeek() == 12
Date().lastDayOfWeek()
"2021-12-17" lastDayOfWeek() == 19
Custom start day of the week
var calendar = Calendar(identifier: .gregorian)
calendar.firstWeekday = 2 // sets the week to start on Monday
Date().dateFor(.startOfWeek, calendar: calendar)
Custom Component guide
Unicode Date Field Symbol Guide
| Format | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| "y" | 1 digit min year | 1, 42, 2017 |
| "yy" | 2 digit year | 01, 42, 17 |
| "yyy" | 3 digit min year | 001, 042, 2017 |
| "yyyy" | 4 digit min year | 0001, 0042, 2017 |
| "M" | 1 digit min month | 7, 12 |
| "MM" | 2 digit month | 07, 12 |
| "MMM" | 3 letter month abbr. | Jul, Dec |
| "MMMM" | Full month | July, December |
| "MMMMM" | 1 letter month abbr. | J, D |
| "d" | 1 digit min day | 4, 25 |
| "dd" | 2 digit day | 04, 25 |
| "E", "EE", "EEE" | 3 letter day name abbr. | Wed, Thu |
| "EEEE" | full day name | Wednesday, Thursday |
| "EEEEE" | 1 letter day name abbr. | W, T |
| "EEEEEE" | 2 letter day name abbr. | We, Th |
| "a" | Period of day | AM, PM |
| "h" | AM/PM 1 digit min hour | 5, 7 |
| "hh" | AM/PM 2 digit hour | 05, 07 |
| "H" | 24 hr 1 digit min hour | 17, 7 |
| "HH" | 24 hr 2 digit hour | 17, 07 |
| "m" | 1 digit min minute | 1, 40 |
| "mm" | 2 digit minute | 01, 40 |
| "s" | 1 digit min second | 1, 40 |
| "ss" | 2 digit second | 01, 40 |
| "S" | 10th's place of fractional second | 123ms -> 1, 7ms -> 0 |
| "SS" | 10th's & 100th's place of fractional second | 123ms -> 12, 7ms -> 00 |
| "SSS" | 10th's & 100th's & 1,000's place of fractional second | 123ms -> 123, 7ms -> 007 |
Requirements
Language: Swift 5.0 Supports: iOS, tvOS, watchOS, macOS
Installation
Swift Package Manager https://github.com/melvitax/DateHelper.git
Carthage github "melvitax/DateHelper"
Manually Include DateHelper.swift in your project
Author
Melvin Rivera
License
DateHelper is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.