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Zach
Zach

Reputation: 10139

NSDateformatter not working in IOS 7.0.4

I was using NSDateformatter for parsing a date. It was working fine til I updated to iOS 7.0.4. But since the update I am getting a nil value,

This is the date I am trying to parse

11/20/2013 3:30:05 PM

Below is the code for the same

NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter1 = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
dateFormatter1.dateFormat = @"MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss a";
[dateFormatter1 setLocale:[NSLocale currentLocale]];
NSDate *date = [dateFormatter1 dateFromString:[items objectAtIndex:2]];

But I am getting nil as the date.

How can I make this work in IOS 7.0.4?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 936

Answers (3)

user2387149
user2387149

Reputation: 1218

If it is displaying a different hour you may need to set the default timezone (this happens only after ios7)

[dateFormat setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneWithAbbreviation:@"GMT"]];

it seems that the default timezone is the one the device has, so if you no specify the default timezone you might get strange results. Prior to ios7 it was always GMT.

Upvotes: 0

rckoenes
rckoenes

Reputation: 69499

Your date is localized, but you are using the device its locale. But the AM/PM may be different in other locales.

-(void)dateTest {
    NSString *inputDate = @"11/20/2013 3:30:05 PM";
    NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter1 = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
    dateFormatter1.dateFormat = @"MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss a";
    [dateFormatter1 setLocale:[[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:@"en_US_POSIX"]];
    NSDate *date = [dateFormatter1 dateFromString:inputDate];
    NSLog(@"date: %@", date); //OUTPUT date: 2013-11-20 15:30:05 +0000
}

Upvotes: 4

Greg
Greg

Reputation: 25459

Can you post what string is stored in [items objectAtIndex:2]? I try it and it works fine for me:

-(void)dateTest
{
    NSString *inputDate = @"11/20/2013 3:30:05 PM";
    NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter1 = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
    dateFormatter1.dateFormat = @"MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss a";
    [dateFormatter1 setLocale:[NSLocale currentLocale]];
    NSDate *date = [dateFormatter1 dateFromString:inputDate];
    NSLog(@"date: %@", date); //OUTPUT date: 2013-11-20 15:30:05 +0000
}

Upvotes: 2

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