parse(_:)
Parses a string into a date.
Declaration
func parse(_ value: String) throws -> DateParameters
- value:
The string to parse.
Return Value
An instance of Date parsed from the input string.
Discussion
This method attempts to parse a provided string into an instance of date using the source date format style. The function throws an error if it can’t parse the input string into a date instance.
The date format style guides parsing the date instance from an input string, as the following example illustrates.
let birthdayFormatStyle = Date.ISO8601FormatStyle()
.dateSeparator(.dash)
.timeSeparator(.colon)
.year()
.month()
.day()
.time(includingFractionalSeconds: false)
// Create a date instance from a string representation of a date.
let yourBirthdayString = "2021-02-17T14:33:25"
let yourBirthday = try? birthdayFormatStyle.parse(yourBirthdayString)
// Feb 17, 2021 at 8:33 AM