---
title: includesApproximationPhrase
framework: foundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: foundation/datecomponentsformatter/includesapproximationphrase
---

# includesApproximationPhrase

A Boolean value indicating whether the resulting phrase reflects an inexact time value.

## Declaration

```swift
var includesApproximationPhrase: Bool { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion Setting the value of this property to true adds phrasing to output strings to reflect that the given time value is approximate and not exact. Using this property yields more correct phrasing than simply prepending the string “About” to an output string. The default value of this property is false.

## See Also

### Configuring the Formatter Options

- [allowedUnits](foundation/datecomponentsformatter/allowedunits.md)
- [allowsFractionalUnits](foundation/datecomponentsformatter/allowsfractionalunits.md)
- [calendar](foundation/datecomponentsformatter/calendar.md)
- [collapsesLargestUnit](foundation/datecomponentsformatter/collapseslargestunit.md)
- [includesTimeRemainingPhrase](foundation/datecomponentsformatter/includestimeremainingphrase.md)
- [maximumUnitCount](foundation/datecomponentsformatter/maximumunitcount.md)
- [unitsStyle](foundation/datecomponentsformatter/unitsstyle-swift.property.md)
- [zeroFormattingBehavior](foundation/datecomponentsformatter/zeroformattingbehavior-swift.property.md)