Question

Hi every one i need to keep event to store in default calendar.so i need to convert the given date string into Nsdate.Here i am not getting correct format..could any help….and i am giving my code below…

my date string is //startdate–format—November 19 2011 9:30 PM in this format..i have written like this

NSDateFormatter *dateformatter=[[NSDateFormatter alloc]init]; 
[dateformatter setDateFormat:@"MMMM dd yyyy H:m a"]; 

NSLog(@"start date is %@",startdate); 
NSDate *dates=[[NSDate alloc]init]; 
dates=[dateformatter dateFromString:startdate]; 

NSLog(@"date is %@",dates); 

and i am getting ouput like this i need to add it for event.i am not getting exact time…date is 2011-11-19 07:00:00 +0000

Answer 1

Try this (that works fine for me):

NSDateFormatter *dateformatter=[[NSDateFormatter alloc]init]; 
[dateformatter setDateFormat:@"MMMM dd yyyy h:m a"]; 

NSLog(@"start date is %@",startdate); 
NSDate *dates = [dateformatter dateFromString:startdate]; 

NSLog(@"date is %@",dates);

If you want to set specific time zone then just use method setTimeZone:

[dateformatter setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneWithName:@"Europe/Moscow"]];