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I have a swift date and timeInterval that I want to send to php server via Alamofire. What should I do to these variables in order to send either via JSON or param?

Is there a specific format I should use?

( I do not know how the interaction between those two work)

GhostCat
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    Can you specify what your php server accepts? You can convert your Swift date and time interval in UTC format and then send it to your server. – Rahul Oct 22 '18 at 08:15
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  • A **server** defines services. The service defines what input it takes. Nobody but the person understanding that server can answer your question. How are we supposed to know what kind of data **your** server is expecting? – GhostCat Oct 22 '18 at 08:58

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There are plethora of choices of Date format conversion you can use.

My favorite is RFC 3339 because it creates least possible confusion among date formats and it is completely suitable for PHP as well.

extension Date {
    init?(rfc3339String: String) {
        self.init()

        let localeId = "en_US_POSIX"
        let rfc3339DateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZZZZZ"
        let fmt = DateFormatter()
        fmt.locale = Locale(identifier: localeId)
        fmt.dateFormat = rfc3339DateFormat
        fmt.timeZone = TimeZone.current
        self = fmt.date(from: rfc3339String)!
    }

    func rfc3339String() -> String {
        let localeId = "en_US_POSIX"
        let rfc3339DateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZZZZZ"
        let fmt = DateFormatter()
        fmt.locale = Locale(identifier: localeId)
        fmt.dateFormat = rfc3339DateFormat
        fmt.timeZone = TimeZone.current
        return fmt.string(from: self)
    }
}
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  • The problem is: it is up to that server to define what it expects. Nobody but the OP himself has the means to understand what *his* server is expecting. – GhostCat Oct 22 '18 at 08:59
  • @GhostCat, as far as i understood, OP is about to implement both: front-end and back-end parts. But your comment is reasonable. – fewlinesofcode Oct 22 '18 at 09:00
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If you want to save your db with php or etc. , you can use datetime format. You can send string to db ' also It recognize the string and save as date format to db. Your format can be "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ"

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