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Asked: 2026-05-23T11:51:04+00:00

I’m getting a date from a webservice back in the form MM00yyyy — it

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I’m getting a date from a webservice back in the form MM00yyyy — it is just the two-digit month, followed by two 0’s, and then the four-digit year. When I do this:

NSString *expDate = @"12001975";
NSDateFormatter *dateFormat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormat setDateFormat:@"MM00yyyy"];
NSDate postDate = [dateFormat dateFromString:expDate];

[dateFormat dateFromString] returns nil for some reason. I have also tried MMddyyyy, and MM'0''0'yyyy, with no success either way. I am converting a similar date, except the 0’s are actually the day with no problem using the same method.

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  1. Editorial Team

    To get this working, I would just use the following pattern MMHHyyyy. Since you need only the date and not neccessarily the hour, the HH will use the 00 to set the time as zeroth hour and hence you will get the date that you are looking for. Again this is just a hack and a workaround only to solve your current problem.

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