How to convert NSString to NSDate object

Question

I am receiving TimeString from server in such format - "2012-04-23T14:00:00.511Z" and for some reason I get nil when trying to convert that into NSDate object by doing following

NSDateFormatter *df = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[df setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss a"];
NSDate *myDate = [df dateFromString: @"2012-04-23T14:00:00.511Z"];

What might be the issue?

do you see the `T` inside your string? I do not see any match in the format string for that. Additionally there are whitespaces, milliseconds, etc. — luk2302, May 25 '16 at 09:08
Did you read our comments? *How* is `"yyyy-MM-dd"` supposed to match the string????? — luk2302, May 25 '16 at 09:12
Ok, i got it, seems like i have nothing to do with that, rather than asking for correct timeformat string from the server. — artumi, May 25 '16 at 09:14
Or you could change the time format string? What would be easier? — trojanfoe, May 25 '16 at 09:28

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 25 '16 at 09:23

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Your code should be like,

NSDateFormatter *df = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[df setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ"];
NSDate *myDate = [df dateFromString: @"2012-04-23T14:00:51Z"];
NSLog(@"%@",myDate);

answered May 25 '16 at 09:23

Ketan Parmar

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Thank You very much. I figured this out lately. Sorry for not upvoting, previous guys lowered my rating by downvoting my question, and i am now eligible even to upvote and save good answers for myself :) – artumi May 26 '16 at 13:24
you're welcome.... :) If it is work and you feel that it is helping then accept the answer so other people having similar issue can use it... :) – Ketan Parmar May 26 '16 at 13:28

How to convert NSString to NSDate object

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