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Asked: 2026-06-08T15:41:24+00:00

Input String: June 14, 2012 – 01:00:00 UTC Output Local String: Jun 13, 2012

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Input String: June 14, 2012 – 01:00:00 UTC

Output Local String: Jun 13, 2012 – 21:00:00 EDT

I like to get the offset from 

NSTimeZone* destinationTimeZone = [NSTimeZone systemTimeZone];
NSLog(@"Time Zone: %@", destinationTimeZone.abbreviation);

Any suggestion ?

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  1. Editorial Team

    This should do what you need:

    NSDateFormatter *fmt = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
fmt.dateFormat = @"LLL d, yyyy - HH:mm:ss zzz";
NSDate *utc = [fmt dateFromString:@"June 14, 2012 - 01:00:00 UTC"];
fmt.timeZone = [NSTimeZone systemTimeZone];
NSString *local = [fmt stringFromDate:utc];
NSLog(@"%@", local);

    Note that your example is incorrect: when it’s 1 AM on June-14th in UTC, it’s still June-13th in EST, 8 PM standard or 9 PM daylight savings time. On my system this program prints

    Jun 13, 2012 - 21:00:00 EDT
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