Cannot assign value of type 'Date?' to type 'String?' how to overcome?

Question

Swift

Cannot assign value of type 'Date?' to type 'String?' <- gives this error next to cell.dateLabel.text = clnt.zakazDate. how to overcome?
It appeared after the core data where the date is stored changed the type from String to Date

Answer 1

You need to do the formatting, use the DateFormatter:

let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "dd/mm/yyyy"
cell.dateLabel.text =  dateFormatter.string(from: clnt.zakazDate)

usually make an extention for Date in a project to use in different places in one line:

extension Date {
    func dayMonthYearFormat() -> String {
        let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
        dateFormatter.dateFormat = "dd/mm/yyyy"
        return dateFormatter.string(from: self)
    }
}

// usage:
ell.dateLabel.text = clnt.zakazDate.dayMonthYearFormat()