NSDate returning NULL when debugging in phone

Question

This NSDate able to get the show when i debugging in simulator from xcode. But when I debugging in iphone6 it show NULL.

NSString *dateWithTime = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"2019/03/18 09:30 AM"];

    NSDateFormatter *fmt = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
    fmt.dateFormat = @"yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm a";
    [fmt setAMSymbol:@"am"];
    [fmt setPMSymbol:@"pm"];

    fmt.timeZone = [NSTimeZone systemTimeZone];
    NSDate *localDate = [fmt dateFromString:dateWithTime];
    NSLog(@"DATE -- %@ ", [fmt stringFromDate:localDate]);

No idea is it because the phone timezone not using am/pm or any other causes.

Kindly please help me answer it.

What is the exact value of `dateWithTime`? Please put that in your question. — rmaddy, Mar 12 '19 at 03:12
already edit the question. the date i stated in the dateWithTime. — joey, Mar 12 '19 at 03:20
Start by changing the `-` to `/` to match the string. Try changing `am` to `AM` to match the string. If none of those work, set the formatter's locale to the special locale of `en_US_POSIX` (which you should do either way). — rmaddy, Mar 12 '19 at 03:24

Pooja Kamath · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-12T03:43:02.740

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Try setting the locale for the date formatter

fmt.locale = [[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:@"en_US"];

Update

For en_US_POSIX locale you can use:

 fmt.locale = [[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:@"en_US_POSIX"];

edited Mar 12 '19 at 03:43

answered Mar 12 '19 at 03:30

Pooja Kamath

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You don't want `en_US`, you want `en_US_POSIX`. – rmaddy Mar 12 '19 at 03:40

NSDate returning NULL when debugging in phone

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