20200714--iOS之DateFormatter类，日期格式化器

Class

DateFormatter

A formatter that converts between dates and their textual representations.

--在日期及其文本表示形式之间进行转换的格式化程序。将date作为formatter的参数进行格式化输出

 

Declaration         --声明

class DateFormatter : Formatter

Overview         --概览

Instances of DateFormatter create string representations of NSDate objects, and convert textual representations of dates and times into NSDate objects. For user-visible representations of dates and times, DateFormatter provides a variety of localized presets and configuration options. For fixed format representations of dates and times, you can specify a custom format string.

--DateFormatter的实例创建NSDate对象的字符串表示，并将日期和时间的文本表示转换为NSDate对象。对于用户可见的日期和时间表示，DateFormatter提供了各种本地化预置和配置选项。对于日期和时间的固定格式表示，可以指定自定义格式字符串。

 

When working with date representations in ISO 8601 format, use ISO8601DateFormatter instead.

--使用ISO8601格式的日期表示时，请使用ISO8601DateFormatter。

To represent an interval between two NSDate objects, use DateIntervalFormatter instead.

--要表示两个NSDate对象之间的间隔，请使用DateIntervalFormatter代替

To represent a quantity of time specified by an NSDateComponents object, use DateComponentsFormatter instead.

--要表示NSDateComponents对象指定的时间量，请使用DateComponentsFormatter。

 

Working With User-Visible Representations of Dates and Times      

  --使用用户可见的日期和时间表示

 

When displaying a date to a user, you set the dateStyle and timeStyle properties of the date formatter according to your particular needs. For example, if you want to show the month, day, and year without showing the time, you would set the dateStyle property to DateFormatter.Style.long and the timeStyle property to DateFormatter.Style.none. Conversely, if you want to show only the time, you would set the dateStyle property to DateFormatter.Style.none and the timeStyle property to DateFormatter.Style.short. Based on the values of the dateStyle and timeStyle