How to convert string date to NSDate

Question

I need to convert 2013/5/23 to day. here the problem is month is having as 5.

2013/5/23 => Thursday

code that I am using:

        NSDateFormatter *dateFormat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
        [dateFormat setDateFormat:@"yyyy/MM/dd"];
        
        NSDate *date = [dateFormat dateFromString:@"2013/5/23"];
        NSLog(@"Date :%@",date);
        
        [dateFormat setDateFormat:@"EEEE"];
        NSLog(@"DAY %@",[dateFormat stringFromDate:date]);

and the output is

Date :2013-05-22 18:30:00 +0000

DAY Thursday

Actually day is printed correctly according to my input date. But printed date is wrong. it should be 2013-05-23

possible duplicate of [Converting NSString to NSDate (and back again)](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3917250/converting-nsstring-to-nsdate-and-back-again) — gsach, Jul 23 '13 at 08:40
read Apple's documentation for NSDateFormatter and look up examples of its usage. — esh, Jul 23 '13 at 08:41
i have check that answer. but my problem is month is having as 5. not 05. — Rocky, Jul 23 '13 at 08:44
Your month is being parsed correctly; the issue is with formatting the date back to a day using `EEEE`. I believe your code should work. Please clarify what you mean by "but when i print the date it's giving as"; is that the final `NSLog()` statement? — trojanfoe, Jul 23 '13 at 08:45
"when i print the date it's giving as" ?? please describe you this line? — Suryakant Sharma, Jul 23 '13 at 08:53
Agree with @Rajneesh071 what do you want exactly? Please clear. What is the problem if you print date ? — Niru Mukund Shah, Jul 23 '13 at 08:56
i have update the question. i want to convert 2013/5/23 to Thursday. but when i print the date it's giving as 2013-05-22 18:30:00 +0000 — Rocky, Jul 23 '13 at 09:00
@Rocky Once again then: **WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY "WHEN I PRINT THE DATE"??? IS THAT THE FINAL NSLOG() STATEMENT OR ARE YOU PRINTING THE NSDATE OBJECT**. — trojanfoe, Jul 23 '13 at 09:02
@Rocky and what would you expect the `NSDate` object to contain? — trojanfoe, Jul 23 '13 at 09:05
@trojanfoe While I applaud your attempts to get to the bottom of this; the date is actually correct, except that the user hasn't accounted for the timezone. Local midnight for him is 6:30pm GMT, which is what the log is showing. — Abizern, Jul 23 '13 at 09:09
@Abizern I think the OP is confused that calling `[NSDate description]` (by way of `NSLog(@"%@");`) is **not** the same as using `NSDateFormatter` to get the date in the format he wants. He doesn't mention anything about timezones in his question and says that all he wants is the day-of-week for the specified input date. I think the question is completely bogus. — trojanfoe, Jul 23 '13 at 09:24

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 23 '13 at 09:15

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you can set timezone like

[dateFormat setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone localTimeZone]];

answered Jul 23 '13 at 09:15

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score -2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 23 '13 at 09:12

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[dateFormat setLocale:[NSLocale currentLocale]];
[dateFormat setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneForSecondsFromGMT:0]];

answered Jul 23 '13 at 09:12

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can any one explain reason of down voting? i want to improve answer if you have proper solution, and if don't have then no need to down vote.. – Rajneesh071 Jul 23 '13 at 09:35

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