Display time as “Time Ago” in Swift

create Date extension like

Date+Extension.swift

import Foundation

extension Date {
    func years(from date: Date) -> Int {
        return Calendar.current.dateComponents([.year], from: date, to: self).year ?? 0
    }
    func months(from date: Date) -> Int {
        return Calendar.current.dateComponents([.month], from: date, to: self).month ?? 0
    }
    func weeks(from date: Date) -> Int {
        return Calendar.current.dateComponents([.weekOfYear], from: date, to: self).weekOfYear ?? 0
    }
    func days(from date: Date) -> Int {
        return Calendar.current.dateComponents([.day], from: date, to: self).day ?? 0
    }
    func hours(from date: Date) -> Int {
        return Calendar.current.dateComponents([.hour], from: date, to: self).hour ?? 0
    }
    func minutes(from date: Date) -> Int {
        return Calendar.current.dateComponents([.minute], from: date, to: self).minute ?? 0
    }
    func seconds(from date: Date) -> Int {
        return Calendar.current.dateComponents([.second], from: date, to: self).second ?? 0
    }
    
    var relativeTime: String {
        let now = Date()
        if now.years(from: self)   > 0 {
            return now.years(from: self).description  + " year"  + { return now.years(from: self)   > 1 ? "s" : "" }() + " ago"
        }
        if now.months(from: self)  > 0 {
            return now.months(from: self).description + " month" + { return now.months(from: self)  > 1 ? "s" : "" }() + " ago"
        }
        if now.weeks(from:self)   > 0 {
            return now.weeks(from: self).description  + " week"  + { return now.weeks(from: self)   > 1 ? "s" : "" }() + " ago"
        }
        if now.days(from: self)    > 0 {
            if now.days(from:self) == 1 { return "Yesterday" }
            return now.days(from: self).description + " days ago"
        }
        if now.hours(from: self)   > 0 {
            return "\(now.hours(from: self)) hour"     + { return now.hours(from: self)   > 1 ? "s" : "" }() + " ago"
        }
        if now.minutes(from: self) > 0 {
            return "\(now.minutes(from: self)) minute" + { return now.minutes(from: self) > 1 ? "s" : "" }() + " ago"
        }
        if now.seconds(from: self) > 0 {
            if now.seconds(from: self) < 15 { return "Just now"  }
            return "\(now.seconds(from: self)) second" + { return now.seconds(from: self) > 1 ? "s" : "" }() + " ago"
        }
        return ""
    }
}

and use it like

let timePeriod = (oldestInfoDate as Date).relativeTime

If you have date in string convert that to Date using bellow code

String to Date

let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "dd-mm-yyyy" //Your date format
dateFormatter.timeZone = TimeZone(abbreviation: "GMT+0:00") //Current time zone
//according to date format your date string
guard let date = dateFormatter.date(from: "01-01-2017") else {
    fatalError()
}
print(date) //Convert String to Date

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Date to String

dateFormatter.dateFormat = "MMM d, yyyy" //Your New Date format as per requirement change it own
let newDate = dateFormatter.string(from: date) //pass Date here
print(newDate) //New formatted Date string

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Output: –

2017-01-11 00:07:00 +0000
Jan 11, 2017