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convert string to nsdate

I have this string Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:40:33 +0100

How can I convert it into NSDate

NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"EEE, dd MMM YYYY hh:mm:ss +HHmm"];
NSDate *myDate=[dateFormatter dateFromString:@"Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:40:33 +0100"];
NSLog(@"-->%@",myDate);

The nslog gives

-->2012-12-06 19:30:33 +0000

This code is not working properly kindly help.
Thanks!!!

Answer 1

I checked your comments on all the answers, and I woul like to say, you are getting confused with the time zone.

07:40 is the time of GMT, and while you are having 08:40 +1000 (one hour 00 min) so these are same. Similarly while regenerating and printing it will print in GMT.

NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [NSDateFormatter new];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z"];
[dateFormatter setLocale:[[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:@"EN"]];
NSDate *myDate=[dateFormatter dateFromString:@"Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:40:33 +0100"];
NSLog(@"--> %@",myDate);


NSString *rechange=[dateFormatter stringFromDate:myDate];

NSLog(@"==> %@",rechange);