How to convert NSDate into UTC format in iPhone

Question

I need to convert current date into UTC format, i have done the following and got the correct UTC date, below is my source code

NSDate *currDate = [NSDate date];
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
NSTimeZone *timeZone = [NSTimeZone timeZoneWithName:@"UTC"];
[dateFormatter setTimeZone:timeZone];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss zzz"];
NSString *dateString = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:currDate];
NSLog(@"%@",dateString);

I am getting date in this format 2013-05-01 23:11:02 GMT only i want UTC name instead on GMT what conversion do i need to do for this.

try this link:http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1268509/convert-utc-nsdate-to-local-timezone-objective-c — kirti Chavda, May 01 '13 at 13:48

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 01 '13 at 13:50

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If your just concerned with the text than do a string replace:

 NSString *convString = [dateString stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"GMT" withString:@"UTC"];

answered May 01 '13 at 13:50

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