How to convert string which contains date in format @"MM/dd/YYYY h:mm a" to UTC number of seconds

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If I get string date in format @"MM/dd/YYYY h:mm a" and I have timezone of date(string date), how can I convert this to UTC number ?

What do you mean by "timezone of date(string date)" ? Can you give a concrete example? — Martin R, Mar 24 '13 at 17:11
r u looking smthing similar to [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2615833/objective-c-setting-nsdate-to-current-utc) — Anoop Vaidya, Mar 24 '13 at 17:12

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 28 '13 at 20:08

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Try this

    NSString *dateString = @"03/23/2012 09:17 PM";
    //It is assumed that the time in dateString wrt local time zone
    NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [NSDateFormatter new];
    [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"MM/dd/yyyy h:mm a"];

    NSDate*date = [dateFormatter dateFromString:dateString];

    NSTimeInterval timeInSeconds = [date timeIntervalSince1970];

edited Jun 28 '13 at 20:08

Hafthor

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answered Mar 24 '13 at 17:25

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How to convert string which contains date in format @"MM/dd/YYYY h:mm a" to UTC number of seconds

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