Question

I am trying to convert an NSString to an NSDate with time. Here’s what I’m doing now:

 NSString *myDateIs= @"2012-07-14 11:30:40 AM ";
 NSDateFormatter* startTimeFormat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
 [startTimeFormat setDateFormat:@"YYYY-MM-dd hh:mm:ss a "];
 NSDate*newStartTime = [startTimeFormat dateFromString:myDateIs];

The output is 2012-07-14 06:00:40 +0000. The date is correct but the time is not correct.
How can I get the correct time?
Thanks.

Answer 1

The time you are getting is in GMT convert it into local time.

NSDateFormatter* local = [[[NSDateFormatter alloc] init] autorelease];        
[local setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneWithName:@"EST"]];
[local setDateFormat:@"YYYY-MM-dd hh:mm:ss a"];

NSString* localSTR = [local stringFromDate: newStartTime];