Swift : How to convert String to string with time format?

Question

I have string values include time with formatted "HH:mm" (16:50)

i have to convert this value to "hh:mm" format (04:50) as a string in SWIFT

i have tried NSDateFormatter like

let timeFormat = NSDateFormatter()
timeFormat.dateFormat = "hh:mm"
var dateFromStr = timeFormat.dateFromString("16:50")
var strFromDate = timeFormat.stringFromDate(dateFromStr)

but its not working.. Please tell any solution.

Answer 1

You need 2 NSDateFormatters, one for dateFromString, one for stringFromDate

let inFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
inFormatter.locale = NSLocale(localeIdentifier: "en_US_POSIX")
inFormatter.dateFormat = "HH:mm"

let outFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
outFormatter.locale = NSLocale(localeIdentifier: "en_US_POSIX")
outFormatter.dateFormat = "hh:mm"

let inStr = "16:50"
let date = inFormatter.dateFromString(inStr)!
let outStr = outFormatter.stringFromDate(date)
println(outStr) // -> outputs 04:50

Swift 5

let inFormatter = DateFormatter()
inFormatter.locale = NSLocale(localeIdentifier: "en_US_POSIX") as Locale
inFormatter.dateFormat = "hh:mm:ssa"

let outFormatter = DateFormatter()
outFormatter.locale = NSLocale(localeIdentifier: "en_US_POSIX") as Locale
outFormatter.dateFormat = "hh:mm a"
 
let inStr = "16:50"       
let datess = inFormatter.date(from: inStr)!
let outStr = outFormatter.string(from: datess)
print(outstr)

Answer 2

2020 | SWIFT 5.1:

func dateTimeChangeFormat(str stringWithDate: String, inDateFormat: String, outDateFormat: String) -> String {
    let inFormatter = DateFormatter()
    inFormatter.locale = Locale(identifier: "en_US_POSIX")
    inFormatter.dateFormat = inDateFormat

    let outFormatter = DateFormatter()
    outFormatter.locale = Locale(identifier: "en_US_POSIX")
    outFormatter.dateFormat = outDateFormat

    let inStr = stringWithDate
    let date = inFormatter.date(from: inStr)!
    return outFormatter.string(from: date)
}

usage:

let outStr = dateTimeChangeFormat(str: "16:50", 
                                  inDateFormat:  "HH:mm", 
                                  outDateFormat: "hh:mm")

println(outStr) // -> outputs 04:50