Conversion of NSString to NSDate in swift

Question

I am trying to convert @"4:30 PM" (string) to NSDate format. I am unable to do this and I am getting unexpected out put.

My code

var strDate = "4:30 PM"
let dateFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "h:mm a"
let date = dateFormatter.dateFromString(strDate)
print(date)

OutPut : Optional(2000-01-01 11:00:00 +0000)

Answer 1

To remove optional, define your date constant as:

let date = dateFormatter.dateFromString(strDate) as NSDate!

To calculate time in your local time zone, add

dateFormatter.timeZone = NSTimeZone(name:"UTC")

In summary, here is what you want:

var strDate = "4:30 PM"
let dateFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "h:mm a"
dateFormatter.timeZone = NSTimeZone(name:"UTC")
let date = dateFormatter.dateFromString(strDate) as NSDate!
print(date)