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Mike Wohlrab
Mike Wohlrab

Reputation: 11

dateFromString keeps returning nil

- (NSDate*) parseTime:(NSString*) time
{
    NSDateFormatter* dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];

    [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"MMMM dd, yyyy hh:mm a"];

    NSDate* date = [dateFormatter dateFromString:time];

    return date;
}

Where time = "08 12, 2014 08:00 PM " and it is returning nil.

I'm new to this and have tried searching around on everything including Apples help docs, but could use a little more help here to finish pointing me in the right direction please.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 65

Answers (1)

meda
meda

Reputation: 45490

Try adjusting like the following:

[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"MM dd, yyyy hh:mm a"];

And dont forget to set the timezone on your formatter to avoid unexecpted result, for example:

dateFormatter.timeZone  = [NSTimeZone timeZoneWithAbbreviation:@"EDT"];

Very Important link by posted by @CrimsonChris:

LOCALE DATA MARKUP LANGUAGE (LDML)

Upvotes: 1

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