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Yogesh Lolusare
Yogesh Lolusare

Reputation: 2212

GMT date string getting converted to UTC Date

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  1. GET GMT DATE STRING

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   func getGMTString(dateAsDate:NSDate) -> String
    {
        let dateFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
        dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss zzz"//this your string date format
        // dateFormatter.locale = NSLocale.currentLocale()
        //        dateFormatter.timeZone = NSTimeZone(name: "GMT")
        let date = dateFormatter.stringFromDate(dateAsDate)

        return date
    }
  1. OUTPUT startDate---2016-06-29 00:00:00 GMT+5:30 endDate----2016-06-30 03:57:39 GMT+5:30

  2. NOW TRYING to get GMT Date object from output string

     func getGMTDate(string:String) -> NSDate {
    let dateFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
    dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss zzz"//this your string date format
  // dateFormatter.timeZone = NSTimeZone(abbreviation: "GMT")!
  //  dateFormatter.locale = NSLocale.currentLocale()
    let date = dateFormatter.dateFromString(string)


    return date!
}

    PROBLEM: OUTPUT DATE OBJECT MESS startDateOBJECT---2016-06-28 18:30:00 +0000 endDateOBJECT----2016-06-30 17:30:00 +0000

  3. Unable to figure what is going wrong

Upvotes: 0

Views: 639

Answers (1)

Duncan C
Duncan C

Reputation: 131408

I don't understand your step 3. I looks like you're using NSLog or a Swift print to display the resulting date. That is ALWAYS done in UTC.

If you want to view your date in a different format, or with your local time zone, you need a second date formatter to convert the NSDate to an output date string.

Here's the flow:

input date string -> input date formatter -> NSDate

NSDate -> output date formatter -> display date in local time zone

Upvotes: 1

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