convert NSString to NSDate

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NSString to NSDate

Hi I want to convert the string "OCT 1, 2011 18:30" into NSDate format 2011-05-13 19:00:00 +0800. I have tried with the many formatters but what I am getting is a null value each time. Can any body help me on this?

Can you post what you've tried so we can identify where you may have gone wrong? — Luke, Sep 14 '11 at 09:30
NSDate does not have a "format". Do you mean you want to convert a string of a date in one format to a string of the same date in another format? — jrturton, Sep 14 '11 at 09:31
This might help you: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1353081/nsstring-to-nsdate — Thomas Clayson, Sep 14 '11 at 09:34

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 14 '11 at 10:01

try this

NSDateFormatter *datefor = [[[NSDateFormatter alloc] init] autorelease];
     [datefor setDateFormat:@"MMM dd, yyyy HH:mm"];
     NSDate *date = [datefor dateFromString:@"OCT 1, 2011 18:30"];
    [datefor setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss"]; 
     NSString *str=  [[NSString alloc] initWithString:[datefor stringFromDate:date]];
     NSDate *date_fianl = [datefor dateFromString:str];
      [str release];
     NSLog(@"%@",date_fianl);//it will print 2011-10-01 01:00:00 +0000

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 14 '11 at 10:46

You can try this code that will help you because I run successfully.

    NSString *dateStr = @"OCT 1, 2011 18:30";
    NSDateFormatter *dtF = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
    [dtF setDateFormat:@"LLL d, yyyy HH:mm"];
    NSDate *d = [dtF dateFromString:dateStr];
    NSDateFormatter *dateFormatStr = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
    [dateFormatStr setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss Z"];
    NSDate *st = (NSDate *)[dateFormatStr stringFromDate:d];   
    NSLog(@"%@",st);

Thanks form my side.. i am also searching this.. +1 from my side. — Mani, Jul 26 '12 at 14:31

convert NSString to NSDate

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