setting default time zone is not successfull

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i have used setDefaultTimezone to set the timezone and displayed the time and location in a UITableview. enter image description here

and i used below code to set default timezone

[cell.detailTextLabel setText:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@", evnt.location]];
[NSTimeZone setDefaultTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneWithName:evnt.location]];
[cell.textLabel setText:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",[NSDate date]]];

what i have to do?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4547379/nsdate-is-not-returning-my-local-time-zone-default-time-zone-of-device — Tendulkar, Aug 14 '13 at 06:15
@Tendulkar got it now working... i have to check it again.... — Muruganandham K, Aug 14 '13 at 06:28
Thats ok . By pasting the same code I dont want to increase the load on Stackoverflow server . Thank you . — Tendulkar, Aug 14 '13 at 06:35

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 14 '13 at 06:26

Use NSCalendar, and the setTimeZone method.

  NSDate *newDate;
  NSDateComponents *dateComponents = [[NSCalendar currentCalendar] components:~              NSTimeZoneCalendarUnit fromDate:[NSDate date]];

  newDate = [[NSCalendar currentCalendar] dateFromComponents:dateComponents];
  NSLog(@"newDate: %@", newDate);
  NSLog(@"newDate: %.0f", [newDate timeIntervalSinceReferenceDate]);

newDate: 2011-09-09 15:02:09 +0000 newDate: 337273330

  [dateComponents setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneWithName:@"Australia/Sydney"]];
  newDate = [[NSCalendar currentCalendar] dateFromComponents:dateComponents];
  NSLog(@"newDate: %@", newDate);
  NSLog(@"newDate: %.0f", [newDate timeIntervalSinceReferenceDate]);

newDate: 2011-09-09 00:52:03 +0000 newTimeInterval: 337222930

 [dateComponents setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneWithName:@"Europe/Paris"]];
 newDate = [[NSCalendar currentCalendar] dateFromComponents:dateComponents];
 NSLog(@"newDate: %@", newDate);
 NSLog(@"newDate: %.0f", [newDate timeIntervalSinceReferenceDate]);

newDate: 2011-09-09 08:52:03 +0000 newTimeInterval: 337251730

my location time is exatcly 12:10 pm but returning 6:37 pm. – Muruganandham K Aug 14 '13 at 06:37 — Muruganandham K, Aug 14 '13 at 06:37

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

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-[NSDate description] always prints the date in UTC.

So try to do this:

NSDate *myDate = [[NSDate date] descriptionWithLocale:[NSLocale systemLocale]];

Plus check the below:

NSDate is not returning my local Time zone /default time zone of device

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13260787/setdefaulttimezone-not-working

Convert UTC NSDate to local Timezone Objective-C

edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

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