I am able to get strings to show in my edit form but i am really struggling getting the date out - i just want it to display as text and format it to be d MMM y.

Do i need a state var for it even though it cannot be changed in this view - if so what would that look like?

The state vars that i have are very simple

    @State private var name = ""

This is my view

    var body: some View {
        Form{
            Section{
                Text("\(date_added)")
                    .foregroundColor(.gray)
                TextField("\(cigar.name!)", text:$name)
                TextField("\(cigar.brand!)", text:$brand)
                    .onAppear{
                        name = cigar.name!
                        brand = cigar.brand!
                    }
                    HStack{
                        Spacer()
                        Button("Update"){
                            CigarDataController().editCigar(cigar:cigar, name: name, brand: brand, context: manObjCont)
                            dismiss()
                        }
                    Spacer()
                }
            }
        }
    }