NSDate String Not Showing In TableViewCell - iphone

Question

I have installed the GM version of iOS 7, successfully upgraded everything needed to update my app to iOS 7 but there is one thing i am unable to troubleshoot related to NSDate. It was working fine with iOS 6 but in iOS 7 its not working.
In one file named TheItem.m, i am doing the following:
- (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser didEndElement:(NSString *)elementName namespaceURI:(NSString *)namespaceURI qualifiedName:(NSString *)qName
{
NSLog(#"TIMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE %#", currentString);
[self setPubTime:currentString];
}
Then in:
- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
static NSString *CellIdentifier = #"ItemsCell";
//ItemsViewCell Is class of UITableViewCell having the IBOutlet pubTimeLabel
ItemsViewCell *cell = (ItemsViewCell *)[tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:CellIdentifier];
TheItem *item = [[channel items] objectAtIndex:[indexPath row]];
cell.pubTimeLabel.text = [item pubTime];
// NSLog(#"PUB PUB %#", item.pubTime);
return cell;
}
The NSLogs are showing the date string but its not showing in the tableviewcell. It was working fine on the iOS 6 but eversince i have updated it to iOS 7, the label which is supposed to show the date string in the tableviewcell is showing nothing. Tried asking the same question in iOS Dev Forum and based on the answer i received, its not an iOS 7 update problem.
Can anyone point out what is wrong? Thanks in advance.
UPDATE: I have installed iOS 7 GM on my device, and then from the App Store i have installed one of my app that was submitted using the same project and boom that date label IS NOT getting displayed in it.
UPDATE: Here are the few things i have done to troubleshoot: Used NSLogs to see if at any point its nil which it isn't, changed the tableviewcell height, created a new label, creating a new outlet, removed the backgrounds and cell images, changed the font and color of the label, tried the project in both simulator and device BUT STILL no luck.
UPDATE: Ok based on the comments i have received, it looks like that i have some background or color issue or something like that. I have done some more troubleshooting and it has nothing to do with the color or background or any such thing. In the following code i have made some replacements:
- (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser didEndElement:(NSString *)elementName namespaceURI:(NSString *)namespaceURI qualifiedName:(NSString *)qName
{
// [self setPubTime:currentString]; THIS LINE IS REPLACED WITH THE FOLLOWING
NSDateFormatter *df1 = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[df1 setDateFormat:#"EEE, d MMM yyyy hh:mm:ss ZZZZ"];
NSDate *newDate = [df1 dateFromString:currentString];
NSDateFormatter *df2 = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[df2 setDateFormat:#"EEE,d MMM yyyy"];
NSString *dateString = [df2 stringFromDate:newDate];
NSLog(#"DATE STRING %#", dateString);
[self setPubTime:dateString];
}
Now the same label is showing date that proves that there is no color or background issue with the label. The only issue why i am not using this updated code is that it is showing date in few cells and in few its not showing anything and retuning null.

Answer 1

It is failing at the hh and you have to use HH in your date formatter in order for it to work.
Just use the 24(HH) or 12(hh) hour notation:
NSDateFormatter *df1 = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
df1.locale = locale = [[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:#"EN"];
[df1 setDateFormat:#"EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss ZZZZ"];
NSDate *newDate = [df1 dateFromString:currentString];
NSLog(#"NEW DATE %#", newDate);
Hope it helps. Thanks!

Answer 2

I know that dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier is supposed to create new prototype cells on it's own, but there may be some possibility that something that use to always work in iOS6 is now broken on iOS7. Try adding an alloc-init block in your method:
EDIT: Sorry didn't see all the comments, didn't realize you had the cell returning already.
Other than this you need to break in your cell returning code and make sure that the cell and the label are both non-nil. Did you try setting the label to #"Hello World" by chance?