How to format a NSDate in dd/MM/YYYY

Question

I'm trying to get an NSDate into the format: 20/05/2014 22:30

here's the code I currently have. [dateFormat setDateFormat:@"YYYY-MM-dd\'T\'HH:mm:ssZZZZZ"]; this works but the format is not like 20/05/2014 22:30 it displays the date in format like: 12-03-2013 12:00:00 +00:00:00

and then when I use:

[dateFormat setDateFormat:@"MM/dd/yyyy"]; I get a null value returned instead of a formatted date.

// timestamp conversion
    NSString *str = [timeStamp objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
    // convert to date
    NSDateFormatter *dateFormat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
  //  [dateFormat setDateFormat:@"YYYY-MM-dd\'T\'HH:mm:ssZZZZZ"];

 [dateFormat setDateFormat:@"MM/dd/yyyy"];

    NSDate *dte = [dateFormat dateFromString:str];
    cell.timeStampLabel.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",dte ];

the str original string output before formatting is str 2013-08-23T15:21:19+02:00

thanks for any help

Answer 1

you have to do like this but please first of check your str's date format

NSString *str = [timeStamp objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
NSDateFormatter *dateFormat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormat setDateFormat:@"YYYY-MM-dd\'T\'HH:mm:ssZZZZZ"];


NSDate *dte = [dateFormat dateFromString:str];

[dateFormat setDateFormat:@"dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm"];
cell.timeStampLabel.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",[dateFormat stringFromDate:dte]];

first time set date format same as in your str.

Answer 2

First set the NSDateFormatter to the format you are receiving data to retain it into a NSDate Object and then again use your desired format to change it into the format you want and show it. For more you can see Pratik answer.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

set your date formate in [dateFormat setDateFormat:@"dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm"]; so that u code write in way

// timestamp conversion
NSString *str = [timeStamp objectAtIndex:indexPath.row];
// convert to date
NSDateFormatter *dateFormat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
//  [dateFormat setDateFormat:@"YYYY-MM-dd\'T\'HH:mm:ssZZZZZ"];

[dateFormat setDateFormat:@"dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm"];

NSDate *dte = [dateFormat dateFromString:str];
cell.timeStampLabel.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",dte ];

I hope it is helpful.