I have a method,
+ (NSDate *) convertToDateFrom:(NSString *) dateString
{
if (dateString == nil || [dateString isEqual:@""]) return nil; //return nil if dateString is empty
NSDateFormatter *df = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[df setDateFormat:@"EEEE, dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm"];
NSDate *date = [df dateFromString:dateString];
return date;
}
When I pass,
@"Monday, 21 November 2011 17:01" //Passed string
It returns a wrong date,
2011-11-21 23:14:00 +0000 // Output
I am not sure whether I am using those flags correctly or NSDateFormatter isn't properly converting my string to date.
Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks
The +0000
at the end of the date indicates GMT. All dates are stored relative to GMT; when you convert a date to a string or vice versa using a date formatter, the offset to your time zone is included. You can use NSDateFormatter's -setTimeZone:
method to set the time zone used.
In short, you're not doing anything wrong in your code. Use [df stringFromDate:date];
to see that the date is correct. (You can also use NSDate's -descriptionWithCalendarFormat:timeZone:locale:
.)
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