Question

I have an NSString date (@"Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:25:37 +0000") that I want to change into a timestamp so that I can better calculate how much time has elapsed from the current time. How can I change the NSString date into a timestamp value?

Answer 1

Haven’t fully tested this out but it should do the trick.

NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] initWithDateFormat:@"EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss ZZZ" allowNaturalLanguage:NO];
NSDate *date = [formatter dateWithString:@"Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:25:37 +0000"];