iOS 8.0.2 and NSDateFormatter format issue

Question

Up until today and the release 8.0.2 I have been using,

NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyyMMddhhmmss"];
NSString *keyDate = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:[NSDate date]];

and have been getting the result: 20140926125522.

But after the update I am now getting: 2014092612:55:22.

I am then unable to convert the keydate to a NSNumber as it now contains :.

Is anyone else getting this?

** EDIT **

After reading the comments i decided to go into the device settings and in the time and settings section turned the Set Automatically to off and the issue went away. I then turned it back on and the issue did not reappear.

Thanks for all the help.

If that's really the case, that's just plain wrong. File a bug report. — Hot Licks, Sep 26 '14 at 12:05
I'm running with an iPad 8.0.2 and I don't have such behavior. — Lorenzo B, Sep 26 '14 at 12:43
I'm seeing it pretty consistently in my locale (en_IE), especially when I try rearranging the time elements (i.e. ssmmhh gets displayed as hh:mm:ss). The one thing that seems to work around the issue is the use of HH for hours i.e. use a 24 hour clock — Anya Shenanigans, Sep 26 '14 at 12:52
This seems like it might be locale-related. It may be too that it's somehow conflated with the [12/24 "feature"](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6613110/what-is-the-best-way-to-deal-with-the-nsdateformatter-locale-feature). — Hot Licks, Sep 26 '14 at 13:00
We need to get folks who can reproduce this to report the locale they're using and the setting of the 12/24 switch in the phone settings. — Hot Licks, Sep 26 '14 at 13:02
I set locale of dateformatter to @"en_IE" programatically , still works fine!!! — Bhumit Mehta, Sep 26 '14 at 13:17
Tried both modes multiple times still the same result @HotLicks — Bhumit Mehta, Sep 26 '14 at 13:43
**Rick, one important note** is that date format is asking for 12-hour time. So you will never see a time after 12 noon. This may somehow relate to the bug as well. — Hot Licks, Sep 26 '14 at 13:53

Bhumit Mehta · Answer 1 · 2014-09-26T12:50:29.387

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An immediate fix could be the following:

NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyyMMddhhmmss"]; 
NSString *keyDate = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:[NSDate date]];
keyDate = [keyDate stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@":" withString:@""];

This is not a solution however and should be fixed by apple in upcoming release

EDIT

I just checked in iPhone 4s with 8.0.2 (12A405) and can't reproduce the problem , using XCode 6.1 beta 2. it produces desired output

Printing description of keyDate:
20140926061051

EDIT 2

Checked in two other devices , same result, so i can say it is not an apple bug

edited Sep 26 '14 at 12:50

answered Sep 26 '14 at 12:02

Bhumit Mehta

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But this should not be necessary. Apple should never have let such a glaring bug escape. Their testing was clearly deficient. – Hot Licks Sep 26 '14 at 12:08
Totally Agree with you i am also surprised by such a bug – Bhumit Mehta Sep 26 '14 at 12:10

iOS 8.0.2 and NSDateFormatter format issue

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