NSDate, Can't get proper date format

Question

This is the timestamp I am trying to get my app to read: Thu, 03 Mar 2016 16:06:42 GMT

This is the closest I have, but haven't had any success:

[df setDateFormat:@"EEE, dd MMM YYYY HH:mm:ss z"];

EDIT: My current format prints-to/reads: Tue, 02 M02 2016 11:36:57 GMT-5

is there anything I'm missing?

Final Edit:

I should have just posted all my code...

    [df setLocale:[NSLocale systemLocale]];

This was messing things up for me.

If you are looking for GMT, it has been answered here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9024274/getting-the-correct-gmt-format-using-dateformat-object — SwiftArchitect, Feb 02 '16 at 16:29

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 02 '16 at 16:35

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I believe your year is incorrect. Change your dateformat to

[df setDateFormat:@"EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z"];

See documentation on formatter dates here

answered Feb 02 '16 at 16:35

Devster101

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So are you still having the same issue? – Devster101 Feb 02 '16 at 16:42
changing the year wont affect anything – Jargen89 Feb 02 '16 at 16:43
Did you try it? YYYY and yyyy mean different things in date formats. yyyy is the one you want – dan Feb 02 '16 at 16:45

Dominic Krause · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-02T16:56:15.293

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I tried to use your date format and convert it to a nsdate and back to a string. It should work with the format string you used.

let time = "Thu, 03 Mar 2016 16:06:42 GMT"
let dateformat = "EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z"

var dateformatter = NSDateFormatter()
dateformatter.dateFormat = dateformat
dateformatter.timeZone = NSTimeZone(forSecondsFromGMT: 0)

var date = dateformatter.dateFromString(time)

var newTime = dateformatter.stringFromDate(date!)
// newTime = "Thu, 03 Mar 2016 16:06:42 GMT"

Edit: I changed the dateformat to use lowercase ys for the year as suggested by Devster101. This is the correct format according to this spezification which is used since iOS 7

edited Feb 02 '16 at 16:56

answered Feb 02 '16 at 16:39

Dominic Krause

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Which locale are you on? – Dominic Krause Feb 02 '16 at 16:43
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That is the problem. System locale is not for printing. – Dominic Krause Feb 02 '16 at 16:47
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Use currentLocale instead – Dominic Krause Feb 02 '16 at 16:48
In addition to that you should use a dateformat like Devster101 suggested it. – Dominic Krause Feb 02 '16 at 16:51

NSDate, Can't get proper date format

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