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iOS Build a Weather App with Swift (Retired) Data Modeling With Structures Customizing Dates

Posted by Zack Ross
Zack Ross
1,799 Points

cant seem to get whats the issue here

can someone please provide a little help?

date_formatter.swift 
import Foundation
let secondsSinceBirth = NSTimeInterval(1200000000)
var dateOfBirth = NSDate(timeIntervalSince1970: secondsSinceBirth)

let dateFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
dateFormatter.timestyle = .MediumStyle

var stringDate = dateFormatter.stringFromDate(dateOfBirth)

1 Answer

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

task 2 states First, set the time style to be a short time style and the date to be of a medium style. Use the modified date formatter to create a string from the dateOfBirth date and store it in a variable named stringDate.

you did not set the date style, and you set the time style to medium instead of short. also note that its timeStyle not timestyle. you need to use camel case

import Foundation
let secondsSinceBirth = NSTimeInterval(1200000000)
var dateOfBirth = NSDate(timeIntervalSince1970: secondsSinceBirth)

let dateFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
// set the timeStyle AND the dateStyle
dateFormatter.timeStyle = .ShortStyle
dateFormatter.dateStyle = .MediumStyle

var stringDate = dateFormatter.stringFromDate(dateOfBirth)

for more information see the NSDateFormatter documentation