How can i get Local DateFormat with swift?

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I have CEST dates in yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ format. I want to show them in local format. The following function works fine. It shows the time correctly. But in the end I am forced to show the date in "dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm" format. How can i get Local/native DateFormat from iOS.

func changeTime()
    {
        myLabel.text = convertTimeZoneToLocal(timeZone: "CEST", date: "2017-09-27T18:25:42Z")
    }

func convertTimeZoneToLocal(timeZone:String, date:String) -> String {
    let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
    dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ"
    dateFormatter.timeZone = TimeZone(abbreviation: timeZone)

    let dt = dateFormatter.date(from: date)
    dateFormatter.timeZone = TimeZone.current
    dateFormatter.dateFormat = "dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm"  // I want to change this line.

    return dateFormatter.string(from: dt!)
}
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3 Answers

You can use :

dateFormatter.dateStyle = .short
dateFormatter.timeStyle = .short

But these won't come in the same format dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm

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// create dateFormatter with UTC time format
let dateFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss"
dateFormatter.timeZone = NSTimeZone(name: "UTC")
let date = dateFormatter.dateFromString("2015-04-01T11:42:00")// create   date from string

// change to a readable time format and change to local time zone
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "EEE, MMM d, yyyy - h:mm a"
dateFormatter.timeZone = NSTimeZone.localTimeZone()
let timeStamp = dateFormatter.stringFromDate(date!)
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Use this to get the the formate base on selected region of OS

let dateformatter = DateFormatter()       
dateformatter.setLocalizedDateFormatFromTemplate("dd/MM/yyyy")
let strDate = dateformatter.string(from: NSDate() as Date)

Output : OS Region is US : 18/02/2021

OS Region is US : 02/18/2021

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