I try to obtain the actual time of the CEST-Timezone in my Swift4-code in the following format
"HH:mm" // needed in CEST TimeZone (CEST = Central European Summer Time)
There are two strange behaviours I observe when trying to do so (see Code below...):
1.) when TimeZone-identifier is set to CEST --> then the received HH:mm is completely wrong (and is rather in the UTC than expected CEST timezone)
2.) when TimeZone-Identifier is set to "CET" (instead of CEST) --> then everything works ! (i.e. the received HH:mm time is the correct CEST-time (surprisingly - it is not in the expected CET-timezone but rather in the CEST-timezone)
The TimeZone I set my iPhone during the testing is set to PDT (= UTC-7)... But also other TimeZones do show the strange behaviour observed...
Here is my Code (see CEST vs. CET setting)
let currentDate = Date()
let timeNowInCEST = currentDate.CurrentDate_to_CEST_timeOnlyString
using the following extension on Date and String :
extension Date {
struct Formatter {
static let CEST_TimeOnly_Formatter: DateFormatter = {
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "HH:mm"
// ******** here I set the CEST or CET timezone
// setting it to CEST delivers UTC
// setting it to CET delivers CEST
// (both are wrong - why is this strange behaviour ?????????????????)
// **************************************************
// dateFormatter.timeZone = TimeZone(identifier: "CEST")
dateFormatter.timeZone = TimeZone(identifier: "CET")
return dateFormatter
}()
}
var CurrentDate_to_CEST_timeOnlyString: String {
let CurrentDateString = Formatter.localFormatter.string(from: self)
let CEST_Date = CurrentDateString.dateFromLocal
let CEST_DateString = Formatter.CEST_TimeOnly_Formatter.string(from: CEST_Date!)
return CEST_DateString
}
}
extension String {
struct Formatter {
static let localFormatter: DateFormatter = {
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.timeZone = TimeZone.current
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss"
return dateFormatter
}()
}
var dateFromLocal: Date? {
return Formatter.localFormatter.date(from: self)
}
}