I am converting date from NSString to NSDate using following code
NSString *dateString = #"julho-29-2012 05:01 PM";
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:#"dd-MM-yyyy hh:mm:ss a"];
NSDate* dateFromString = [dateFormatter dateFromString:dateString];
NSLog(#"%#",dateFromString);
[dateFormatter release];
But it not working for me :(
That's because the formats don't match.
"julho-29-2012 05:01 PM"
Follows the following format:
"MMMM-dd-yyyy hh:mm a"
Basically your date formatter isn't able to understand your string and gives a default value, nil.
Edit
You might need to change the formatters locale since your date strings are not in English but Portuguese.
[dateFormatter setLocale:[[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:#"pt-PT"]];
Your date format string doesn't match the date format in the string.
Try:
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:#"MMMM-dd-yyyy hh:mm a"];
[dateFormatter setLocale:[[NSLocale alloc]initWithLocaleIdentifier:#"pt"]];
Setting the locale should only be needed if your phone is not in Portuguese already.
your date formatter's format does not match ur date in string format.
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I am trying to convert NSString into NSDate in 12 hours format. (in iOS 6)
Code :
NSString *Bdt = #"05/23/2012 08:00 AM"
NSDateFormatter *df = [[[NSDateFormatter alloc] init] autorelease];
[df setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneForSecondsFromGMT:0]];
[df setDateFormat:#"MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm a"];
NSDate *bd = [df dateFromString:Bdt];
NSLog(#"%#",bd);
Output:
2012-05-23 08:00:00 +0000 it should be 2012-05-23 08:00 AM
Whats wrong in the code ?
Thanks
If you want date in 2012-05-23 08:00 AM style
Create a dateformatter and setDateFormat as yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm a
NSString *Bdt = #"05/23/2012 08:00 AM";
NSDateFormatter *df = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init] ;
[df setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneForSecondsFromGMT:0]];
[df setDateFormat:#"MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm a"];
NSDate *bd = [df dateFromString:Bdt];
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter=[NSDateFormatter new];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:#"yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm a" ];
NSString *datestr=[dateFormatter stringFromDate:bd];
NSLog(#"%#",datestr);
*Note : I am using ARC, so objects are not released/autoreleased.
EDIT:
NSDate will be in this format ONLY : 2012-05-23 08:00:00 +0000.
For any other format you need to use NSString.
Nothing is wrong with it. You are printing an NSDate in NSLog which is very different than creating an NSString with a specific format.
It seems your confusing the internal NSDate representation with string formatting. NSDate stores the date internally in a way different from how it is represented by humans. Just like NSString stores strings in a format that may not be what you ultimately want it encoded as, eg. ASCII or UTF-8. When you are calling NSLog you are getting a diagnostic message showing the date according to the string returned by - (NSString *)description or possibly - (NSString *)debugDescription.
I have one Date in string format "2013-03-19T19:00:50"
I am trying to convert it into NSDate using NSDateFormatter
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:#"yyyy-MM-ddThh:mm:ss"];
NSDate *startDate = [dateFormatter dateFromString:date];
NSLog(#"date in date format : %#",startDate);
but it is giving me null date
date in date format : (null)
What is the issue?
Use :
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:#"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss"];
You have time in 24 hour format, so HH is required. hh is used when time is in 12 hour format.
And T is required to be in single quote, T is not a part of date this is an added text on it.
According to the date formatter patterns hh means Hour [1-12] You want Hour [0-23] which is HH.
And any letters that are not date format patterns, or must not be interpreted in this way have to be put in between apostrophes.
use [dateFormatter setDateFormat:#"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss"];
Do like this,
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:#"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss"];
NSDate *startDate = [dateFormatter dateFromString:date];
NSLog(#"date in date format : %#",startDate);
I am using following code to generate NSDate -> NSString
+(NSString *)getCurrentTime
{
NSDate *now = [NSDate date];
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:#"dd-MM-yyyy hh:MM:SS a"];
[dateFormatter setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneForSecondsFromGMT:0]];
NSString* str =[dateFormatter stringFromDate:now];
[dateFormatter release];
NSLog(#"%#",str);
return str;
}
everything is fine in above code. I am using above code to store string in Database. Now while retrieving that string gives me NULL. Following is my code to retrieve date in specific format
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:#"hh:MM:SS a"];
[dateFormatter setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneForSecondsFromGMT:0]];
NSDate *dt =[dateFormatter dateFromString:crdInfo.swipeTime];
NSLog(#"Date : %#",dt);
[dateFormatter release];
How should I retrieve or store with particular format?? My crdInfo.swipeTime is retrieving String propertly...
First off, why not just store the NSDate object or epoch timestamp? This will give you much more flexibility in the future.
Now to your problem, I suspect it is due to your configuration of the NSDateFormatter, you're saving it in one format and trying to convert it to a date using a different format. Make the formats the same and try again. If you want to display it differently than it is stored you're likely going to need to convert it to and NSDate using the stored format and then again use another date formatter to get it in the format you want it as a string.
As Narayana suggested you need to retrieve the date with same format as you have stored. Retrieve it as below : -
NSDateFormatter *reDateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[reDateFormatter setDateFormat:#"dd-MM-yyyy hh:MM:SS a"];
[reDateFormatter setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneForSecondsFromGMT:0]];
NSDate *dt = [reDateFormatter dateFromString:str];
NSLog(#"The Date : %#",dt);
[reDateFormatter setDateFormat:#"hh:MM:SS a"];
NSString *currentTime = [reDateFormatter stringFromDate:dt];
NSLog(#"%#",currentTime);
Hope it helps you.
Try to format it to dd-MM-yyyy hh:mm:ss a.
You wrote dd-MM-yyyy hh:MM:SS a where MM in hh:MM:SS gives month which is unrecognized in this format and there is no point writing upercase SS for seconds
Hope you understand it.
I would like to create an NSDate from a string:
NSString *mostRecentMentionMessageTimestamp = [mostRecentMessage valueForKey:#"updated_at"];
NSLog(#"%#",mostRecentMentionMessageTimestamp);
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc]init];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:#"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ"];
NSDate *mostRecentMentionDate = [dateFormatter dateFromString:mostRecentMentionMessageTimestamp];
NSLog(#"%#",mostRecentMentionDate);
When I print my string it is:
2011-11-10T07:22:59Z
After I make a date from string and print it, it is (null)
What am I doing wrong?
You need to set the time zone and drop the Z at the end of the date format. Since your date has a Z, it is in UTC. So you can use:
[dateFormatter setTimeZone: [NSTimeZone timeZoneWithAbbreviation: #"UTC"]];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat: #"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss"];
The format is almost correct, use:
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:#"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'"];
to solve the time zone issue use the solution by #Jef add:
[dateFormatter setTimeZone: [NSTimeZone timeZoneWithAbbreviation: #"UTC"]];
Full example code:
NSString *mostRecentMentionMessageTimestamp = #"2011-11-10T07:22:59Z";
NSLog(#"input: %#",mostRecentMentionMessageTimestamp);
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc]init];
[dateFormatter setTimeZone: [NSTimeZone timeZoneWithAbbreviation: #"UTC"]];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:#"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'"];
NSDate *mostRecentMentionDate = [dateFormatter dateFromString:mostRecentMentionMessageTimestamp];
NSLog(#"output: %#",mostRecentMentionDate);
NSLog output:
input: 2011-11-10T07:22:59Z
output: 2011-11-10 07:22:59 +0000
the string value which you are trying to convert to NSDate is incorrect.
"2011-11-10T07:22:59Z"
it should have a timezone difference value in place of "Z" to make it compatible to date formatter's format.
e.g. 2011-11-10T07:22:59+0430
I have this string...
2010-08-24T16:00:00-05:00
and I'd like to extract the time portion from it (i.e. 16:00) and convert it to its 12-hour equivalent (i.e. 04:00 pm). I'm trying to use NSDateFormatter to accomplish this, but it's not working...
NSDateFormatter* dateformatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateformatter setDateFormat:#"hh:mm a"];
NSDate *date1 = [dateformatter dateFromString:[listOfTimes objectAtIndex:0]];
[dateformatter release];
Can I use NSDateFormatter with this date format? If not, how can I extract the time and convert it to its 12-hour time equivalent?
Thanks!
The problem has to do with parsing the colon. I asked the same question and the solution is here: How to parse a date string into an NSDate object in iOS?
I think you should be able to do something like the following.
// create the date formatter object
NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[formatter setDateFormat:#"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss"];
NSDate* date = [formatter dateFromString:dateString];
// set up the new date format
[formatter setDateFormat:#"hh:mm:ss"];
NSString *twelveHourTime = [formatter stringFromDate:date];
[formatter release];
Update: Fixed the dateFormatter string format. I had the line below, but the Z seems to be unnecessary. Timezones always screw me up. :-/
[formatter setDateFormat:#"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ"];
This answer needs to be updated. As of iOS 10 the system provided NSISO8601DateFormatter is available for this particular format.