Question

I try to convert my NSString to NSDate object, but NSDateFormatter returns me a strange value.

Here is code:

NSDateFormatter *dateFormat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormat setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm"]; 
NSDate *date = [dateFormat dateFromString:@"2012-08-15 00:00"];
[dateFormat release];

date value is 2012-08-14 21:00 +0000. It is 3 hours difference between NSString value and NSDate value. I think I’ve missed something, but I don’t know what.

Answer 1

This is what i use:

NSDateFormatter *dateFormat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormat setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss ZZZ"]; 

NSDate *date = [dateFormat dateFromString:@"2012-08-15 00:00:00 +0000"];
NSLog(@"\n\n  DATE: %@ \n\n\n", date);

The +0000 is timezone, so make sure you use your timezone, like +0400.

Edit:
If you can’t change the string, you can use this code to do it:

NSDateFormatter *dateFormat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormat setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm"]; 
[dateFormat setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneForSecondsFromGMT:0]];

NSDate *date = [dateFormat dateFromString:@"2012-08-15 00:00"];