// Playground - noun: a place where people can play

import UIKit



func parseTwitterDate(twitterDate:String, outputDateFormat:String)->String?{
 let formatter = NSDateFormatter()
 formatter.dateFormat = "EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss Z yyyy"

 var indate = formatter.dateFromString(twitterDate)
 var outputFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
 outputFormatter.dateFormat = "hh:mm a dd:MM:yy"
 var outputDate:String?
    if let d = indate {
    outputDate = outputFormatter.stringFromDate(d)
  }
    return outputDate;
}

var str = "Wed Sep 02 19:38:03 +0000 2009"
var outputDateFormat = "hh:mm a dd:MM:yy"

parseTwitterDate(str, outputDateFormat)