Date to milliseconds and back to date in Swift

I don’t understand why you’re doing anything with strings…

extension Date {
    var millisecondsSince1970:Int64 {
        Int64((self.timeIntervalSince1970 * 1000.0).rounded())
    }
    
    init(milliseconds:Int64) {
        self = Date(timeIntervalSince1970: TimeInterval(milliseconds) / 1000)
    }
}


Date().millisecondsSince1970 // 1476889390939
Date(milliseconds: 0) // "Dec 31, 1969, 4:00 PM" (PDT variant of 1970 UTC)

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