Question

I have a date in string like

NSString Date = "Dec 21 2011";

I want to convert that string into date
as my date has special format so i am utilizing like that:

`NSDateFormatter *dateFormatterTest = [NSDateFormatter new];
[dateFormatterTest setDateFormat:@"MMM dd YYYY"];
 fromDate = [dateFormatterTest dateFromString:Date];

NSLog("%@",fromDate);

I am getting this log

2010-12-18 19:00:00 +0000

Can any one explain how can i get correct date.

Answer 1

You need to use lowercase yyyy in your date format:

[dateFormatterTest setDateFormat:@"MMM dd yyyy"];

The output with this new date format is this:

2011-12-21 00:00:00 +0000

Aside from that (main problem), you need to fix the following things:

• Add an asterisk (*) when declaring your string: NSString *date
• Add an @ to the front of your string to make it an obj-c string @"Dec 21 2011"
• Declare fromDate (you never declare it) – NSDate *fromDate =…
• Add an @ to the front of your NSLog – NSLog(@"%@",fromDate);

Your code should now look like this:

NSString *date = @"Dec 21 2011";
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatterTest = [NSDateFormatter new];
[dateFormatterTest setDateFormat:@"MMM dd yyyy"];
NSDate *fromDate = [dateFormatterTest dateFromString:date];

NSLog(@"%@",fromDate);

Note I have renamed Date to being lowercase because it is conventional that you name instances in such a way as it avoids confusing them with classes.