Question

i’m trying to format a NSString given by array that includes a date in this format:

dd/MM/yyyy

and I’m trying to format it with this code:

NSDate *fechaDescuento = [[NSDate alloc] init];

        NSDateFormatter *dateformater = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];

        NSString *baddate = [[NSString alloc] initWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",  descuento.fechaDescuento]];

        [dateformater setDateFormat:@"dd/MM/yyyy"];

        [dateformater setLocale:[NSLocale currentLocale]];

        fechaDescuento = [dateformater dateFromString:baddate];

If bad date value, for instance, is 11/05/2012, fechaDescuento is formatted:

2012-05-10 22:00:00 +0000

Always one day before and with another format.

Please, can you help me with that?

Thanks

Answer 1

I think if you add [dateformatter setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneWithAbbreviation:@"UTC"]]; before your dateFromString: call, I think it’ll show you closer to what you expect.