Convert “yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ” format string to date object

function: 

 func date(person: String) -> String

    {

       

        

        let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()

        let tempLocale = dateFormatter.locale // save locale temporarily

        dateFormatter.locale = Locale(identifier: "en_US_POSIX") // set locale to reliable US_POSIX

        dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ"

        let date = dateFormatter.date(from: person)!

//dateFormatter.dateFormat = "dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss"

        dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy/MM/dd"

        dateFormatter.locale = tempLocale // reset the locale

        let dateString = dateFormatter.string(from: date)

       // print("EXACT_DATE : \(dateString)")

        return dateString

    }

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Usage:

let datestring=date(person: "2017-01-27T18:36:36Z")