NSDate Extension Reference
NSDate
Undocumented
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Creates a date based on a string and a formatter type. You can ise .ISO8601(nil) to for deducting an ISO8601Format automatically.
Parameter
Parameter fromString Date string i.e.16 July 1972 6:12:00
.Parameter
Parameter format The Date Formatter type can be .ISO8601(ISO8601Format?), .DotNet, .RSS, .AltRSS or Custom(String).
Returns
Returns A new date
Declaration
Swift
convenience init(fromString string: String, format:DateFormat)Parameters
fromString Date string i.e. "16 July 1972 612:00".
format The Date Formatter type can be .ISO8601(ISO8601Format?), .DotNet, .RSS, .AltRSS or Custom(String).
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Returns true if dates are equal while ignoring time.
Parameter
Parameter date: The Date to compare.Declaration
Swift
func isEqualToDateIgnoringTime(date: NSDate) -> BoolParameters
dateThe Date to compare.
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Returns Returns true if date is today.
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func isToday() -> Bool -
Returns true if date is tomorrow.
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func isTomorrow() -> Bool -
Returns true if date is yesterday.
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func isYesterday() -> Bool -
Returns true if date are in the same week.
Parameter
Parameter date: The date to compare.Declaration
Swift
func isSameWeekAsDate(date: NSDate) -> BoolParameters
dateThe date to compare.
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Returns true if date is this week.
Declaration
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func isThisWeek() -> Bool -
Returns true if date is next week.
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func isNextWeek() -> Bool -
Returns true if date is last week.
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func isLastWeek() -> Bool -
Returns true if dates are in the same year.
Parameter
Parameter date: The date to compare.Declaration
Swift
func isSameYearAsDate(date: NSDate) -> BoolParameters
dateThe date to compare.
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Returns true if date is this year.
Declaration
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func isThisYear() -> Bool -
Returns true if date is next year.
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func isNextYear() -> Bool -
Returns true if date is last year.
Declaration
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func isLastYear() -> Bool -
Returns true if date is earlier than date.
Parameter
Parameter date: The date to compare.Declaration
Swift
func isEarlierThanDate(date: NSDate) -> BoolParameters
dateThe date to compare.
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Returns true if date is later than date.
Parameter
Parameter date: The date to compare.Declaration
Swift
func isLaterThanDate(date: NSDate) -> BoolParameters
dateThe date to compare.
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Returns true if date is in future.
Declaration
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func isInFuture() -> Bool -
Returns true if date is in past.
Declaration
Swift
func isInPast() -> Bool
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Creates a new date by adding years
Declaration
Swift
func dateByAddingYears(years: Int) -> NSDate?Parameters
yearsThe number of years to add. pass negative values for getting dates in the past
Return Value
A new date object
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Creates a new date by a adding days.
Parameter
Parameter days: The number of days to add.Returns
Returns A new date object.Declaration
Swift
func dateByAddingDays(days: Int) -> NSDateParameters
daysThe number of days to add.
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Creates a new date by a adding hours.
Parameter
Parameter days: The number of hours to add.Returns
Returns A new date object.Declaration
Swift
func dateByAddingHours(hours: Int) -> NSDateParameters
daysThe number of hours to add.
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Creates a new date by adding minutes.
Parameter
Parameter days: The number of minutes to add.Returns
Returns A new date object.Declaration
Swift
func dateByAddingMinutes(minutes: Int) -> NSDateParameters
daysThe number of minutes to add.
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Creates a new date by adding seconds.
Parameter
Parameter seconds: The number of seconds to add.Returns
Returns A new date object.Declaration
Swift
func dateByAddingSeconds(seconds: Int) -> NSDateParameters
secondsThe number of seconds to add.
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Creates a new date from the start of the day.
Returns
Returns A new date object.Declaration
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func dateAtStartOfDay() -> NSDate -
Creates a new date from the end of the day.
Returns
Returns A new date object.Declaration
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func dateAtEndOfDay() -> NSDate -
Creates a new date from the start of the week.
Returns
Returns A new date object.Declaration
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func dateAtStartOfWeek() -> NSDate -
Creates a new date from the end of the week.
Returns
Returns A new date object.Declaration
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func dateAtEndOfWeek() -> NSDate -
Creates a new date from the first day of the month
Returns
Returns A new date object.Declaration
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func dateAtTheStartOfMonth() -> NSDate -
Creates a new date from the last day of the month
Returns
Returns A new date object.Declaration
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func dateAtTheEndOfMonth() -> NSDate -
Creates a new date based on tomorrow.
Returns
Returns A new date object.Declaration
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class func tomorrow() -> NSDate -
Creates a new date based on yesterdat.
Returns
Returns A new date object.Declaration
Swift
class func yesterday() -> NSDate
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Gets the number of seconds after a date.
Parameter
Parameter date: the date to compare.Returns
Returns The number of secondsDeclaration
Swift
func secondsAfterDate(date: NSDate) -> IntParameters
datethe date to compare.
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Gets the number of seconds before a date.
Parameter
Parameter date: The date to compare.Returns
Returns The number of secondsDeclaration
Swift
func secondsBeforeDate(date: NSDate) -> IntParameters
dateThe date to compare.
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Gets the number of minutes after a date.
Parameter
Parameter date: the date to compare.Returns
Returns The number of minutesDeclaration
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func minutesAfterDate(date: NSDate) -> IntParameters
datethe date to compare.
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Gets the number of minutes before a date.
Parameter
Parameter date: The date to compare.Returns
Returns The number of minutesDeclaration
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func minutesBeforeDate(date: NSDate) -> IntParameters
dateThe date to compare.
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Gets the number of hours after a date.
Parameter
Parameter date: The date to compare.Returns
Returns The number of hoursDeclaration
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func hoursAfterDate(date: NSDate) -> IntParameters
dateThe date to compare.
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Gets the number of hours before a date.
Parameter
Parameter date: The date to compare.Returns
Returns The number of hoursDeclaration
Swift
func hoursBeforeDate(date: NSDate) -> IntParameters
dateThe date to compare.
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Gets the number of days after a date.
Parameter
Parameter date: The date to compare.Returns
Returns The number of daysDeclaration
Swift
func daysAfterDate(date: NSDate) -> IntParameters
dateThe date to compare.
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Gets the number of days before a date.
Parameter
Parameter date: The date to compare.Returns
Returns The number of daysDeclaration
Swift
func daysBeforeDate(date: NSDate) -> IntParameters
dateThe date to compare.
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Returns the nearest hour.
Declaration
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func nearestHour () -> Int -
Returns the year component.
Declaration
Swift
func year () -> Int { return self.components().year } -
Returns the month component.
Declaration
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func month () -> Int { return self.components().month } -
Returns the week of year component.
Declaration
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func week () -> Int { return self.components().weekOfYear } -
Returns the day component.
Declaration
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func day () -> Int { return self.components().day } -
Returns the hour component.
Declaration
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func hour () -> Int { return self.components().hour } -
Returns the minute component.
Declaration
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func minute () -> Int { return self.components().minute } -
Returns the seconds component.
Declaration
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func seconds () -> Int { return self.components().second } -
Returns the weekday component.
Declaration
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func weekday () -> Int { return self.components().weekday } -
Returns the nth days component. e.g. 2nd Tuesday of the month is 2.
Declaration
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func nthWeekday () -> Int { return self.components().weekdayOrdinal } -
Returns the days of the month.
Declaration
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func monthDays () -> Int { return NSCalendar.currentCalendar().rangeOfUnit(NSCalendarUnit.Day, inUnit: NSCalendarUnit.Month, forDate: self).length } -
Returns the first day of the week.
Declaration
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func firstDayOfWeek () -> Int -
Returns the last day of the week.
Declaration
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func lastDayOfWeek () -> Int -
Returns true if a weekday.
Declaration
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func isWeekday() -> Bool -
Returns true if weekend.
Declaration
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func isWeekend() -> Bool
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A string representation using short date and time style.
Declaration
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func toString() -> String -
A string representation based on a format.
Parameter
Parameter format: The format of date can be .ISO8601(.ISO8601Format?), .DotNet, .RSS, .AltRSS or Custom(FormatString).Returns
Returns The date string representationDeclaration
Swift
func toString(format format: DateFormat) -> StringParameters
formatThe format of date can be .ISO8601(.ISO8601Format?), .DotNet, .RSS, .AltRSS or Custom(FormatString).
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A string representation based on custom style.
Parameter
Parameter dateStyle: The date style to use.Parameter
Parameter timeStyle: The time style to use.Parameter
Parameter doesRelativeDateFormatting: Enables relative date formatting.Returns
Returns A string representation of the date.Declaration
Swift
func toString(dateStyle dateStyle: NSDateFormatterStyle, timeStyle: NSDateFormatterStyle, doesRelativeDateFormatting: Bool = false) -> StringParameters
dateStyleThe date style to use.
timeStyleThe time style to use.
doesRelativeDateFormattingEnables relative date formatting.
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A string representation based on a relative time language. i.e. just now, 1 minute ago etc..
Declaration
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func relativeTimeToString() -> String -
A string representation of the weekday.
Declaration
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func weekdayToString() -> String -
A short string representation of the weekday.
Declaration
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func shortWeekdayToString() -> String -
A very short string representation of the weekday.
Returns
Returns StringDeclaration
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func veryShortWeekdayToString() -> String -
A string representation of the month.
Returns
Returns StringDeclaration
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func monthToString() -> String -
A short string representation of the month.
Returns
Returns StringDeclaration
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func shortMonthToString() -> String -
A very short string representation of the month.
Returns
Returns StringDeclaration
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func veryShortMonthToString() -> String