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How to create a Date object in Swift? A detailed guide for beginners

Hello everyone! I just started learning Swift and am writing my first iOS app. I need to work with dates, but I can't figure out how to properly create a date object. I read the Apple documentation, but it's all a bit confusing. In Objective-C I saw `NSDate`, and in Swift, as I understand, it's simply `Date`. But when I write: ```swift let myDate = Date() ``` I get the current date and time. But what if I need to create a specific date, for example, December 25, 2023? I tried different options, but the compiler gives errors. Here's what I tried: ```swift let christmas = Date(2023, 12, 25) // Error! let christmas2 = Date(year: 2023, month: 12, day: 25) // Also error ``` I also heard about `DateFormatter` and `Calendar`, but I don't understand how to use them together.