Using DateFormatter on a Unix timestamp

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You can convert unixTimestamp to date using Date(timeIntervalSince1970:).

let unixTimestamp = 1480134638.0
let date = Date(timeIntervalSince1970: unixTimestamp)

If you want to display date in string with specific formate than you can use DateFormatter like this way.

let date = Date(timeIntervalSince1970: unixtimeInterval)
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.timeZone = TimeZone(abbreviation: "GMT") //Set timezone that you want
dateFormatter.locale = NSLocale.current
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm" //Specify your format that you want
let strDate = dateFormatter.string(from: date)

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