The following will display the coordinated universal time and the local system date and time using Swift. The code // // main.swift // ConsoleApp1 import Foundation let date = NSDate(); let dateFormatter = NSDateFormatter() //To prevent displaying either date or time, set the desired style to NoStyle. dateFormatter.timeStyle = NSDateFormatterStyle.MediumStyle //Set time style dateFormatter.dateStyle = NSDateFormatterStyle.MediumStyle //Set date style dateFormatter.timeZone = NSTimeZone() let localDate = dateFormatter.stringFromDate(date) println("UTC Time") println(date) println("Local Time") println(localDate) The output: UTC Time 2014-06-10 19:55:26 +0000 Local Time Jun 10, 2014, 3:55:26 PM