Question

I want to convert string Thu, Nov 22, 2012 to NSDate.

I’ve tried this:

NSString *str = @"Thu, Nov 22, 2012";

[dateFormat setDateFormat:@"EEE,MMM dd yyyy"];
NSDate *date = [dateFormat dateFromString:str];
NSLog(@"date: %@",date);

But i’m getting null.
What am i doing wrong ?

Answer 1

Since you are using the correct format letters, you just need to fix commas (and spacing) like that:

EEE, MMM dd, yyyy although one E would even be enough (E, MMM dd, yyyy).

See the format reference.