Why does the date formatter fails?

Question

I have a date string in the following format "2017-02-10T07:45:00.000Z"

I am using the following format let flightStatusDateFormat = "yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss.SSSZ"

But when I run the app the dateFormatter returns a nil NSDate object. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

So does the final `Z`, because Z is the time zone formatted like +0000 — Dean, Feb 10 '17 at 10:31

Ro4ch · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-10T11:53:08.633

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It should be,

let flightStatusDateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'"

edited Feb 10 '17 at 11:53

answered Feb 10 '17 at 10:31

Ro4ch

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 10 '17 at 10:33

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Please escape the T and the Z:

let flightStatusDateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'"

If you don't, the Z will be considered as the TimeZone, and the T will be unrecognized.

answered Feb 10 '17 at 10:33

Dean

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