Question

I have this piece of code:

 // Convert string to date object
        NSDateFormatter *dateFormat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
        [dateFormat setDateFormat:@"MMMM d, YYYY"];
        NSDate *formatDate = [dateFormat dateFromString:self.date];
        NSLog(@"1-%@", self.date);
        NSLog(@"2-%@", formatDate);
        NSDateComponents *components = [[NSCalendar currentCalendar] components:NSDayCalendarUnit | NSMonthCalendarUnit | NSYearCalendarUnit fromDate:formatDate];
        NSString *dateCal = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d/%d/%d", [components day], [components month], [components year]];
        NSLog(@"3-%@", dateCal);
        milage.date = dateCal;

The first NSLog returns:

1-March 23, 2012

The second:

2-2011-12-25 00:00:00 +0000

The third:

3-25/12/2011

Why does the date change when getting the date from the string and formatting it? I’m expecting the third NSLog (or dateCal) to equal 23/3/2012. I live in the UK so its not to do with the timezone..

Thanks,

Jack

Answer 1

Needed to use lower case ‘y’ in the line:

[dateFormat setDateFormat:@"MMMM d, YYYY"];