This is just a random method I’m no longer using and wanted to get rid of but didn’t really want to throw it away in case I want to reference it someday.
static func getTimestamps(forEntry entry: Entry?) -> [String: Int] { let calendar = NSCalendar.currentCalendar() let formatter = NSDateFormatter() formatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss" var since = NSDate() var until = NSDate() if let entry = entry { if let createdAt = entry.created_at { // get date portion only of createdAt let entryDateComponents = calendar.components([.Day, .Month, .Year], fromDate: createdAt) // set the time to midnight and the last second let entryDateBegin = "\(entryDateComponents.year)-\(entryDateComponents.month)-\(entryDateComponents.day) 00:00:00" let entryDateEnd = "\(entryDateComponents.year)-\(entryDateComponents.month)-\(entryDateComponents.day) 23:59:59" since = formatter.dateFromString(entryDateBegin)! until = formatter.dateFromString(entryDateEnd)! } } else { let currentDateComponents = calendar.components([.Day, .Month, .Year], fromDate: NSDate()) let currentDateBegin = "\(currentDateComponents.year)-\(currentDateComponents.month)-\(currentDateComponents.day) 00:00:00" let currentDateEnd = "\(currentDateComponents.year)-\(currentDateComponents.month)-\(currentDateComponents.day) 23:59:59" since = formatter.dateFromString(currentDateBegin)! until = formatter.dateFromString(currentDateEnd)! } let sinceTimestamp = Int(since.timeIntervalSince1970) let untilTimestamp = Int(until.timeIntervalSince1970) return ["since": sinceTimestamp, "until": untilTimestamp] }