Trying to Convert String to Date

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convert string to nsdate

The NSString has following value '2012-07-11T15:59:16'

I am unable to determine the correct format for NSDateFomatter.dateFormat property in order to covert it using dateFromString method. I tried 'yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss' and other similar formats but resultant date is nil.

A link with info about date formatting would be highly appreciated too.

what is this "T" in the middle?? in this string '2012-07-11T15:59:16' — Leena, Jul 16 '12 at 06:46
i am wondering too .. It's actually a webservice written in django that is returning date in this format including the 'T' — atastrophic, Jul 16 '12 at 06:48
@Monolo this is not a duplicate as the other question has answer use NSDateFormatter but this already knows NSDateFormatter — mmmmmm, Jul 17 '12 at 11:20
@Leena - the T is what is used in ISO dates http://dotat.at/tmp/ISO_8601-2004_E.pdf — mmmmmm, Jul 17 '12 at 11:22

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 16 '12 at 07:06

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Well you should be able to get it to work if you escape the the T:

 [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss"];

answered Jul 16 '12 at 07:06

rckoenes

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Yes it is, except that the time is now set to `GMT`. The NSDate object removes the timezone information. – rckoenes Jul 16 '12 at 07:22
Works perfectly .. It was a debugging mistake .. =) You're Awesome – atastrophic Jul 16 '12 at 07:28

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