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Nuttakit Luengwitayakorn
1,626 PointsMy code doesn't work
Please help to see why my code doesn't work
import Foundation
let secondsSinceBirth = NSTimeInterval(1200000000)
var dateOfBirth = NSDate(timeIntervalSince1970: secondsSinceBirth)
let dateFormatter = dateOfBirth.dateFormatter()
2 Answers
Stone Preston
42,016 Pointsyou incorrectly initialized the NSDateFormatter constant. Pasan walks you through creating an NSDateFormatter object at 4:55 of this video
you used
let dateFormatter = dateOfBirth.dateFormatter()
you called the initializer incorrectly. initializers use the same name as the class (NSDateFormatter) and the NSDateFormatter initializer takes no arguments.
you can initialize an NSDateFormatter by calling its initializer
import Foundation
let secondsSinceBirth = NSTimeInterval(1200000000)
var dateOfBirth = NSDate(timeIntervalSince1970: secondsSinceBirth)
let dateFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
Nuttakit Luengwitayakorn
1,626 PointsWhat about his second assignment I have put some like this but it still doesn't work too
let secondsSinceBirth = NSTimeInterval(1200000000) var dateOfBirth = NSDate(timeIntervalSince1970: secondsSinceBirth) var dateFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
dateFormatter.timeStyle = .Short dateFormatter.dateStyle = .Medium
var stringDate = dateFormatter.stringFromDate(dateOfBirth)
Nuttakit Luengwitayakorn
1,626 PointsNuttakit Luengwitayakorn
1,626 PointsWhat about his second assignment I have put some like this but it still doesn't work too
let secondsSinceBirth = NSTimeInterval(1200000000) var dateOfBirth = NSDate(timeIntervalSince1970: secondsSinceBirth) var dateFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
dateFormatter.timeStyle = .Short dateFormatter.dateStyle = .Medium
var stringDate = dateFormatter.stringFromDate(dateOfBirth)