Question

I have a String which has the following format: 2011-08-19T00:00:00 and I want now to change it in the following date format: August 19, 2011

I used the NSDateFormater this way:

NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[[NSDateFormatter alloc] init] autorelease];
[formatter setDateFormat:@"MMMM dd, yyyy"];
NSDate *date = [formatter dateFromString:shiftNote.startDate];

But without success, date is always null.

Wheres the failure?

BR

Answer 1

When you use [formatter setDateFormat:@"%B %d, %Y"];, that means you must have a date already in this format. Since “2011-08-19T00:00:00” is not in this format, you’ll have to convert it to a date first, then back to a string.