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Nir
Nir

Reputation: 409

ios: String to Date conversion

I am trying to convert my date from NSString to NSDate using following code

NSDateFormatter *dateformatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc]init];
[dateformatter setDateStyle:NSDateFormatterShortStyle];
[dateformatter setTimeStyle:NSDateFormatterNoStyle];
[dateformatter setDateFormat:@"dd/MM/yyyy"];
NSDate *myDate = [[NSDate alloc] init];

currMonth = 3;
currYear = 2012;
NSString *str = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"01/%2d/%d", currMonth, currYear];
str = [str stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@" " withString:@"0"];
myDate = [dateformatter dateFromString:str];
NSLog(@"myStr: %@",str);
NSLog(@"myMonth: %2d",currMonth);
NSLog(@"myYear: %d",currYear);
NSLog(@"myDate: %@",myDate);

Above code is giving me wrong date. Can anyone please help?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 4474

Answers (3)

Deviator
Deviator

Reputation: 688

Try this:

-(NSDate *)dateFromString:(NSString *)string
{
NSDateFormatter *dateFormat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
NSLocale *locale = [[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:@"en_US"];
[dateFormat setLocale:locale];
[dateFormat setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"];
NSTimeInterval interval = 5 * 60 * 60;

NSDate *date1 = [dateFormat dateFromString:string];  
date1 = [date1 dateByAddingTimeInterval:interval];
if(!date1) date1= [NSDate date];
[dateFormat release];
[locale release];

return date1;
}

Tell me if it helps u :]

Upvotes: 1

TompaLompa
TompaLompa

Reputation: 949

try

NSDateFormatter *dateformatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc]init];
[dateformatter setDateStyle:NSDateFormatterShortStyle];
[dateformatter setTimeStyle:NSDateFormatterNoStyle];
[dateformatter setDateFormat:@"dd/MM/yyyy"];
NSDate *myDate = [[NSDate alloc] init];

int currMonth = 3;
int currYear = 2012;
NSString *str = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"01/%2d/%d", currMonth, currYear];
str = [str stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@" " withString:@"0"];

//SET YOUT TIMEZONE HERE
dateformatter.timeZone = [NSTimeZone timeZoneWithAbbreviation:@"PDT"];
myDate = [dateformatter dateFromString:str];
NSLog(@"myStr: %@",str);
NSLog(@"myMonth: %2d",currMonth);
NSLog(@"myYear: %d",currYear);
NSLog(@"myDate: %@",myDate);

Upvotes: 0

Christoph Winkler
Christoph Winkler

Reputation: 6418

What is your output? Keep in mind, that NSDate is in UTC.

2012-03-01 00:00:00 (GMT+1) is 2012-02-39 23:00:00 (UTC)

Another tip:

%02 formats your integers with leading zeros.

Upvotes: 3

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