Question

I have the following string: NSString *dateStr = @"2010-01-15"; which I’m trying to convert to January, 15th, 2010.

I’m currently using the following code, but it’s returning (null).

NSDateFormatter *dateFormat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormat setDateFormat:@"MMMM d, YYYY"];
NSDate *date = [dateFormat dateFromString:dateStr];
[dateFormat release];
incidentDate.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@", date];

Any advice? Thanks in advance!!

Answer 1

Modify your code as given below, will give you desired result.

    NSString *dateStr = @"2010-01-15";
    NSDateFormatter *dtF = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
    [dtF setDateFormat:@"YYYY-mm-dd"];
    NSDate *d = [dtF dateFromString:dateStr];
    NSDateFormatter *dateFormat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
    [dateFormat setDateFormat:@"MMMM d, YYYY"];
    NSString *st = [dateFormat stringFromDate:d];   
    [dtF release];
    [dateFormat release];
    incidentDate.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@", st];