Question

I have string like @”2011-03-29 15:22:16″
and I use dateformatter to get NSdate obj.
Below is my code:

NSString *dateStr = @"2011-03-29 15:22:16";
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setTimeStyle:NSDateFormatterShortStyle];
[dateFormatter setDateStyle:NSDateFormatterLongStyle];
NSLocale *usLocale = [[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:@"en_US"];
[dateFormatter setLocale:usLocale];
NSDate *date = [dateFormatter dateFromString:dateStr];

However, date is always NULL.

I tried several time&date style, and failed either.

So can this kind of string be formatted into the NSDate object?

thanks in advance!

Answer 1

I presume the format is incorrect. Try setting it manually.

NSString *dateStr = @"2011-03-29 15:22:16";
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"];
NSDate *date = [dateFormatter dateFromString:dateStr];