Incorrect time in Date from 12-Hr format Time String - Swift

Question

I have following strings as 12-Hr format time:

let timeFrom = "05:30 AM";
let timeTo = "04:35 PM";

And trying to get date from these for comparison as follows:

let openTime = timeFrom.date(format: "hh:mm a")
let closeTime = timeTo.date(format: "hh:mm a")

With this extension :

extension String
{
    func date(format:String) -> Date?
    {
        let formatter = DateFormatter()
        formatter.dateFormat = format
        formatter.timeZone = NSTimeZone.local
        return formatter .date(from: self)
    }
}

When I print openTime and closeTime, I'm getting incorrect values in time:

print(openTime)      // 2000-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
print(closeTime)     // 2000-01-01 11:00:00 +0000

Why this is so ? I think it is smoething related to time zone, so I visit NSDateFormatter return wrong date + Swift, but nothing worked for me. If anybody have the solution, please help me. Thank you !

oops .. There should be 'hh'. Thanks for pointing out @el Tomato. Checking ... — iAkshay
Possible duplicate of Display just the 12 Hour Time format from an ISO 8601 Timestamp and many others. — rmaddy
@rmaddy: I've asked string to date for incorrect time. And the duplicate link is about string to string with formatting. You must have look at both questions properly. — iAkshay

Museer Ahamad Ansari Museer Ahamad Ansari · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-16T07:17:14

I check with swift 3 and Xcode 8 with small changes its working please check

 let timeFrom = "05:30 AM";
 let timeTo = "04:35 PM";
 let openTime = timeFrom.date(format: "hh:mm a")
 let closeTime = timeTo.date(format: "hh:mm a")

 print(openTime)
 print(closeTime)

and make change in extension

extension String{
func date(format:String) -> Date?
{
    let formatter = DateFormatter()
    formatter.timeZone = NSTimeZone(abbreviation: "GMT+0:00") as TimeZone!
    formatter.dateFormat = format
    //formatter.timeZone = NSTimeZone.local
    return formatter .date(from: self)
}}

Incorrect time in Date from 12-Hr format Time String - Swift

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