---
title: attributed
framework: foundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: foundation/date/formatstyle/attributed-swift.property
---

# attributed

An attributed format style created from the date format style.

## Declaration

```swift
var attributed: Date.AttributedStyle { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion Use a Date.FormatStyle instance to customize the lexical representation of a date as a string. Use the format style’s attributed property to customize the visual representation of the date as a string. Attributed strings can represent the subcomponent characters, words, and phrases of a string with a custom combination of font size, weight, and color. For example, the function below uses a date format style to create a custom lexical representation of a date, then retrieves an attributed string representation of the same date and applies a visual emphasis to the year component of the date. // Applies visual emphasis to the year component of a formatted attributed date string. private func makeAttributedString() -> AttributedString {     let date = Date()     let formatStyle = Date.FormatStyle(date: .abbreviated, time: .standard)     var attributedString = formatStyle.attributed.format(date)     for run in attributedString.runs {         if let dateFieldAttribute = run.attributes.foundation.dateField,            dateFieldAttribute == .year {             // When you find a year, change its attributes.             attributedString[run.range].inlinePresentationIntent = [.emphasized, .stronglyEmphasized]         }     }     return attributedString } The expression formatStyle.attributed.format(date) above creates an attributed string representation of the date. This assigns instances of the AttributeScopes.FoundationAttributes.DateFieldAttribute to indicate ranges of the string that represent different date fields. The example then loops over the runs of the attributed string to find any run with the AttributeScopes.FoundationAttributes.DateFieldAttribute.Field.year attribute. When it finds one, it adds the inlinePresentationIntent attributes emphasized and stronglyEmphasized. The runs of the resulting attributed string have the following attributes:  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  If you create a SwiftUI Text view with this attributed string, SwiftUI renders the combination of emphasized and stronglyEmphasized attributes as bold, italicized text, as seen in the following screenshot.

## See Also

### Applying Visual Attributes to Dates

- [Date.AttributedStyle](foundation/date/attributedstyle.md)