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Asked: 2026-05-23T19:13:58+00:00

I get the following date format from my application. 07/18/2011/04/45/EDT I sub-string that to

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I get the following date format from my application.

07/18/2011/04/45/EDT

I sub-string that to “07/18/2011/04/45” and “EDT”.

Using the following code I compose a date.

   NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
   [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"MM/dd/yyyy/HH/mm"];
   [dateFormatter setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneWithAbbreviation:@"EDT"]];

   NSDate *currentServerDate = [dateFormatter dateFromString:formattedDateString];
   NSLog(@"currentServerDate %@",currentServerDate);

However when I print the NSDate (created using above formattter) it print as “2011-07-18 14:15:00 +0530” where +0530 is my timezone. I need to compose the relative to the EDT timezone. How do I do that?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I think the time zone is probably not what you think it is. Try logging the time zone returned by timeZoneWithAbbreviation: and seeing what it tells you. Also, review the documentation I linked to where it says:

    In general, you are discouraged from using abbreviations except for unique instances such as “UTC” or “GMT”. Time Zone abbreviations are not standardized and so a given abbreviation may have multiple meanings—for example, “EST” refers to Eastern Time in both the United States and Australia

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