Question

I have refer previous examples from here. But still problem in null value.

String Value is :==> strDate = “09-05-2012 00:00:00”

I want output as :==> May 09, 2012

My Code:

NSString *strDateFormat;//[strDate substringWithRange:NSMakeRange(0, 10)];
strDateFormat = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@", strDate];

NSDateFormatter *df = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];

NSDate *disDate = [df dateFromString:strDateFormat];
[df setDateFormat:@"MMM dd, yyyy"];

strDateFormat = [df stringFromDate:disDate];

lblDate.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@", strDateFormat];

[df release];

It gives (null) value. Because disDate has (null) value.

Why disDate set to nil..?
Any solution..?

Answer 1

You gotta tell the formatter what format to expect when reading a string, too.

NSString *string = @"09-05-2012 00:00:00";
NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[[NSDateFormatter alloc] init] autorelease];
[formatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"];
NSDate *date = [formatter dateFromString:string];
[formatter setDateFormat:@"MMM dd, yyyy"];
NSString *formattedString = [formatter stringFromDate:date];