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To abbreviate the date expressed in UNIX timestamp format using DateFormatter in Swift, you can create an instance of DateFormatter, set the desired date format using the dateFormat property, and then use the string(from:) method to convert the UNIX timestamp to a string with the abbreviated date.
Here's an example:
let unixTimestamp = 1625244400 // July 2, 2021 at 12:00:00 AM UTC
let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "MMM d, yyyy" // set the desired date format with abbreviated month and day
let abbreviatedDate = dateFormatter.string(from: Date(timeIntervalSince1970: Double(unixTimestamp)))
print(abbreviatedDate) // Output: Jul 2, 2021
In this example, we're using the "MMM d, yyyy" date format to get the abbreviated month (three-letter abbreviation) and day, followed by the four-digit year. The result is the string "Jul 2, 2021".