I'm new to Xcode and want to know how to get the current time as a variable or constant (specifically the current hour and minute). I've tried using Date(), which is what most websites told me to use, but it doesn't seem to work. what do I need to type to get the time?
Date() includes current date and time all in one package. You just need to extract the time parts from it. Have a look at Calendar class DateComponents method to get hour and minute as variables, or DateFormat() to just format them as a string. Examples:
import UIKit
// current date and time
let date = Date()
// Calender dateComponents
let components = Calendar.current.dateComponents([.hour,.minute], from: date)
let hour = components.hour
let minute = components.minute
// DateFormatter
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "hh:mm"
let hoursMinutesString = dateFormatter.string(from: date)
