DateFormatting

Date Formatting at WWDC

Apple introduced several enhancements related to date formatting at WWDC 2024. Here are some key points:

1. SwiftUI Enhancements:

   • SwiftUI now includes new reference date format styles to show countdowns, which are particularly useful for widgets and live activities. These formats include date references, date offsets, and timers, and they are deeply customizable to adapt to the size of their container. This was discussed in the session What’s new in SwiftUI (11:37).

2. Multilingual Support:

   • In the session Build multilingual-ready apps (13:46), Apple introduced new ways to format numbers directly in strings, which can be used in all the same situations as formatting in code. This approach allows for easy localization of strings with numbers, ensuring the correct numbering system is used at runtime, respecting the number settings in language and region settings.

3. UIKit Enhancements:

   • UIKit has expanded text formatting capabilities, including a new text formatting panel that provides a consistent and customizable experience for apps offering text formatting options. This was covered in the session What’s new in UIKit (16:43).

Relevant Sessions

1. Build multilingual-ready apps
2. What’s new in SwiftUI
3. What’s new in UIKit

These sessions provide comprehensive insights into the new date formatting features and enhancements introduced by Apple.