NSString (+timezone) to NSDate

Question

failing to convert NSString into NSDate

result: date = nil;

(*NOTE: date receiving from In App Purchase Receipt)

NSString * date_string = @"2017-09-24 11:20:21 Etc/GMT";

NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"];
NSDate *date = [dateFormatter dateFromString:date_string];
NSLog(@"date %@",date);

"(string contains timezone)" - yet your format contains nothing for the timezone, have you looked up the documentation for date and time formats for timezone items? Is there really "Etc/" in your string? Just seems surprising. — CRD, Sep 28 '17 at 15:12
All about `Etc/GMT` https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7303580/understanding-the-etc-gmt-time-zone — JeremyP, Sep 28 '17 at 15:16

Nirav Kotecha · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-28T15:11:29.680

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Try this..

    NSString * date_string = @"2017-09-24 11:20:21 Etc/GMT";
    NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
   [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss VV"];
    NSDate *date = [dateFormatter dateFromString:date_string];
    NSLog(@"date %@",date);

edited Sep 28 '17 at 15:11

answered Sep 28 '17 at 15:08

Nirav Kotecha

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Yes you are right, its working √ thank you very much – Ofir Malachi Sep 28 '17 at 15:15

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 28 '17 at 15:11

The problem is that you haven't told the date formatter how to deal with the funny sequence of characters at the end of the date i.e. the Etc/GMT. You format needs a time zone specifier at the end of it. VV might do the trick i.e.

[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss VV"];

NSString (+timezone) to NSDate

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