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How to format dates inside text views
Updated for Xcode 13.0 beta 2
New in iOS 14
SwiftUI’s text views come with two specific date formatters to make dates look better on screen: one to handle single dates, and one to handle date ranges.
The date range version is actually simpler, because you just provide a closed date range and it will make sure it’s formatted appropriately according to the user’s locale:
Text(Date()...Date().addingTimeInterval(600))
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For example, that might show “10:30AM-10:40AM”.
When working with single dates, you should provide a style parameter to accompany it to determine how the date should be formatted. Here are some options:
VStack {
// show just the date
Text(Date().addingTimeInterval(600), style: .date)
// show just the time
Text(Date().addingTimeInterval(600), style: .time)
// show the relative distance from now, automatically updating
Text(Date().addingTimeInterval(600), style: .relative)
// make a timer style, automatically updating
Text(Date().addingTimeInterval(600), style: .timer)
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