converting timestamp to nsdate format

Question

I want to convert my timestamp value 1308031456 to NSDate format (which yields the value Tue, 14 Jun 2011 06:04:16 GMT in online web conversion). How would I convert between the two programmatically?

Answer 1

OBJ - C: Use dateWithTimeIntervalSince1970:,

NSDate *date = [NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSince1970:timeStamp]; 

SWIFT: Use init(timeIntervalSince1970:)

let date = NSDate(timeIntervalSince1970:timeStamp) 

Answer 2

You can use the use the method dateWithTimeIntervalSince1970: to convert the timestamp you've which is the epoch time.

NSDate * myDate = [NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSince1970:1308031456];