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Asked: 2026-05-21T21:38:38+00:00

Say I have the NSString @tomorrow Is there any library that takes strings such

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Say I have the NSString @"tomorrow"

Is there any library that takes strings such as this and converts them into NSDates? I’m imagining/hoping for something like this:

NSString* humanDate = @"tomorrow at 4:15";
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"x at HH:MM"];
NSDate* date = [dateFormatter dateFromString:humanDate];

I would also want to do things like “Next monday”, etc. but it doesn’t have to be super sophisticated. I can enforce rules on input, but I’d like a little bit of natural language available.

My alternative is to take the string, break it up into pieces, and format it manually. But I was hoping someone has already done this.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Do you mean something like dateWithNaturalLanguageString:?

    From the link:

    dateWithNaturalLanguageString:

    Creates and returns an NSDate object set to the date and time specified by a given string.

    + (id)dateWithNaturalLanguageString:(NSString *)string

    A string that contains a colloquial specification of a date, such as “last Tuesday at dinner,” “3pm December 31, 2001,” “12/31/01,” or “31/12/01.”

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