Question

I got a NSString *string = @"2012-10-24 23:00:00 +0000";

And I want to convert that to a normal format 24 october 2012

I use the following code. But it keeps crashing. Can anyone help me?

NSDateFormatter *dateformat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateformat setDateFormat:@"yyyy MM dd HH:mm:SS zzz"];
NSDate *dateNS = [dateformat dateFromString:date];
[dateformat setDateFormat:@"dd MM yyyy"];
date = [dateformat stringFromDate:dateNS];
[dateformat release]

Answer 1

It keeps crashing because it can’t create the NSDate from the input date because the dateformat is incorrect. it missing the - between the date and the seconds are ss not SS.

Also you need a date formate with MMMM to get the months full name:

NSString *string = @"2012-10-24 23:00:00 +0000";
NSDateFormatter *dateformat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateformat setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss zzz"];
NSDate *dateNS = [dateformat dateFromString:string];
[dateformat setDateFormat:@"dd MMMM yyyy"];
NSString *date = [dateformat stringFromDate:dateNS];
[dateformat release];