Question

I have 2 NSString say startTime and endTime.

startTime = 10:00 AM
endTime = 7:00 PM

Now i want to split the time in the interval of 30mins, so i can get time like this:

10:00 AM
10:30 AM
11:00 AM
11:30 AM
………. till 7:00 PM.

i’m trying something like this :

NSDateFormatter *timeFormat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[timeFormat setDateFormat:@"HH:mm"];
NSDate* fromTime = [timeFormat dateFromString:startTime];
NSDate* toTime = [timeFormat dateFromString:endTime];

But i’m getting the from fromTime = 1970-01-01 6:00:00 +0000 for the value of startTime = 11:30

Anybody has any idea,how to do it???

Answer 1

NSDateFormatter *timeFormat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[timeFormat setDateFormat:@"hh:mm a"];
NSDate* fromTime = [timeFormat dateFromString:startTime];
NSDate* toTime = [timeFormat dateFromString:endTime];

NSLog(@"Start time %@",fromTime);
NSLog(@"End time %@",toTime);

NSDate *dateByAddingThirtyMinute;

dateByAddingThirtyMinute = [fromTime dateByAddingTimeInterval:1800];

NSLog(@"Time after 30 min %@",dateByAddingThirtyMinute);

Try the above code.