decode to date object, slip onw step in string extensions

GHFollowers/Extensions/Date+Ext.swift

@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 import Foundation
 
 
+// MARK: THIS IS NOT USED ANYMORE SINCE WE CONVERTED - DECODED THE STRING WE RECIEVE FROM THE API INTO A DATE FORMAT IN THE NETWORK MANAGER
+
+
 extension Date {
 
     func convertToMonthYearFormat() -> String {

GHFollowers/Managers/NetworkManager.swift

@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ class NetworkManager {
                 let decoder = JSONDecoder()
                 // convert keys from snake_case to camelCase
                 decoder.keyDecodingStrategy = .convertFromSnakeCase
+                // convert date to a standard Date format
+                decoder.dateDecodingStrategy = .iso8601
                 // array we want to create          its type        from the data constant from above
                 let user = try decoder.decode(User.self, from: data)
                 // if all ok call the completed callback, passing the array and nil for error

GHFollowers/Model/User.swift

@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ struct User: Codable {
     let htmlUrl: String
     let following: Int
     let followers: Int
-    let createdAt: String
+    let createdAt: Date
 }

GHFollowers/Screens/UserInfoVC.swift

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class UserInfoVC: UIViewController {
         self.add(childVC: GFUserInfoheaderVC(user: user), to: self.headerView)
         self.add(childVC: repoItemVC, to: self.itemViewOne)
         self.add(childVC: followerItemVC, to: self.itemViewTwo)
-        self.dateLabel.text = "GitHub since \(user.createdAt.convertToDisplayFormat())"
+        self.dateLabel.text = "GitHub since \(user.createdAt.convertToMonthYearFormat())"
     }