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Syed Qamar Abbas
Syed Qamar Abbas

Reputation: 3677

Convert UTC NSDate into Local NSDate not working

I have a string getting from server as "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z" I convert this string into NSDate by this formate.

class func convertUTCDateToLocateDate(dateStr:String) -> NSDate{
        let dateFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
        dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'"
        dateFormatter.timeZone = NSTimeZone(name: "UTC")
        let date = dateFormatter.dateFromString(dateStr)


    dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z"
    dateFormatter.timeZone = NSTimeZone.localTimeZone()
    let timeStamp = dateFormatter.stringFromDate(date!)
    let dateForm = NSDateFormatter()
    dateForm.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'"
    dateForm.timeZone = NSTimeZone.localTimeZone()
    let dateObj = dateForm.dateFromString(timeStamp)
    return dateObj!
}

Suppose the parameter string is "2016-11-05T12:00:00.000Z" but when i convert this string and return a NSDate object it doesn't change the time according to my local time. I get my correct time in the timeStamp string (in above code). But when i try to convert that timeStamp string into NSDate it again shows that date and time which i got as a parameter.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 353

Answers (2)

gnasher729
gnasher729

Reputation: 52530

NSDate doesn't have a timezone. It's a point in time, independent of anything, especially timezones. You cannot "convert a UTC NSDate to a local NSDate", the statement itself doesn't make any sense.

Upvotes: 0

vikingosegundo
vikingosegundo

Reputation: 52227

You shouldnt change a NSDate's time. NSDates are just a point in time, counted by seconds. They have no clue about timezones, days, month, years, hours, minutes, seconds,… If printed directly they will always output the time in UTC.
If you change the date to show you the time of your timezone you are actually altering the time in UTC — hence your date becomes representing another point in time, no matter of the timezone.
Keep them intact by not altering them, instead when you need to display them do it via a date formatter.
If you need to do time calculations that are independent of timezones you also can work with NSDateComponents instead.

Upvotes: 3

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