Swift: DateFormatter not able to parse date

Question

I've a specific time format which I want to use to generate a Date object. This is the format:

Fri, 17 Mar 2017 08:42:00 +0100

Here is my Swift code that should create the data object:

let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss xx"
let d = dateFormatter.date(from: value)

The generation of the Date object with dateFormatter.date does always return nil. But I cant see what's wrong in my formatting string. Can anyone see my error?

Works for me, so it could be locale dependent. Does this help http://stackoverflow.com/a/40702569/1187415 ? — Martin R, Mar 17 '17 at 08:45
then your question is that your dateformatter dont create any date ? or its nil right ? — Himanshu Moradiya, Mar 17 '17 at 09:34
@MartinR I'll Check that I really think it could be a locale issue. I wrote the code ob a german machine. — Fabian, Mar 17 '17 at 09:35
@Fabian i write your code in my machine and its give me date . — Himanshu Moradiya, Mar 17 '17 at 09:37
let the_date: String = "Fri, 17 Mar 2017 08:42:00 +0100" let dateFormatter = DateFormatter() dateFormatter.dateFormat = "EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss xx" let d = dateFormatter.date(from: the_date) print(d) Op : 2017-03-17 07:42:00 +0000 — Himanshu Moradiya, Mar 17 '17 at 09:37
i write in playground.it's fine not get any nil value @Fabian — Sunil Prajapati, Mar 17 '17 at 09:43

Adolfo · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-17T08:55:24.520

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I have test it and works perfectly.

Could you test this code line to identify you Locale configuration?

print(Locale.current.identifier)

I only made a little change related to the Optional result that DateFormatter method returns

import Foundation

let the_date: String = "Fri, 17 Mar 2017 08:42:00 +0100"

let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.locale = Locale.current
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss xx"

if let d = dateFormatter.date(from: the_date)
{
    print(d)
}

edited Mar 17 '17 at 08:55

answered Mar 17 '17 at 08:45

Adolfo

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Stating that you cannot reproduce the problem described in the question is not an answer, compare https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/277924/1187415. – Martin R Mar 17 '17 at 08:46
Hi @MartinR. Even if you suggest a code change? Should I delete my post? It's my first "described in the question is not an answer" issue :-) – Adolfo Mar 17 '17 at 08:49

Swift: DateFormatter not able to parse date

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