NSTimeZone initialisation results in "unable to read data"

Question

I'm trying to initialise an NSTimeZone object like this:

var timezone = NSTimeZone.init(name: "Europe/Moscow")

instead of nil or a legit locale value - I get "unable to read data" in xCode's debugging tool

I got the timezone string ("Europe/Moscow") via NSTimeZone.knownTimeZoneNames()

I'm using xCode 7

What am I doing wrong?

instead of var use let.Its working fine for me. let _timeZone = NSTimeZone(name: "Europe/Moscow") print(_timeZone) — IamAnil, Oct 13 '15 at 11:20
Hm. Yeah the print statement gives me: Optional(Europe/Moscow (GMT+3) offset 10800) - the debugger still shows "unable to read data" — David Schmoecker, Oct 13 '15 at 11:27
The debugger variables view is sometimes just *wrong*. If print() gives the correct output then everything is OK. — Martin R, Oct 13 '15 at 11:33

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 13 '15 at 11:22

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Haven't used that class before, but I'm guessing it should be let timezone = NSTimeZone(name : "")? Never seen a class initialized in that way.

answered Oct 13 '15 at 11:22

Naoto Ida

Yes that's probably cleaner (y) - but it yields the same result – David Schmoecker Oct 13 '15 at 11:28

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

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Its working fine for me , use let instead of var.Check below

edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

Community

answered Oct 13 '15 at 11:24

IamAnil

Hm - can you try running it with the IPhone 5 simulator? When running IPhone 6 simulator I get it correct aswell (regardless of using let or var) – David Schmoecker Oct 13 '15 at 11:43

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 15 '15 at 21:14

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As pointed out in the comments - the variables view was just wrong - a print() resulted in the correct output.

Running an iPhone 6 Simulator instead of an iPhone 5 simulator gives the expected results.

answered Oct 15 '15 at 21:14

David Schmoecker

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