NSDateFormatter for day and month name

Question

I am trying to get date in the format Monday, March 09, 2015. But following code is not returning required date format. I think I am using wrong Formatter. Here is the code:

NSString *dateString = @"09-03-2015";
        NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
        [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"dd MMMM yyyy"];
        NSDate *date = [[NSDate alloc] init];
        date = [dateFormatter dateFromString:dateString];
        NSLog(@"%@",[dateFormatter stringFromDate:date]);

change this line `[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"dd MMMM yyyy"];` to `[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"dd-MM-yyyy"];` — SGDev, Mar 09 '15 at 07:01
There is no point creating a date and then replacing it with the result of the formatter. Also, log the result, not a string you then try to create from the result. — Wain, Mar 09 '15 at 07:02
For the sake of your users, please read this: http://stackoverflow.com/a/5132177/457406 — Matthias Bauch, Mar 09 '15 at 07:02
@SumitGarg but this doesn't return the required format like Monday, March 09, 2015 — Idrees, Mar 09 '15 at 07:04

Ravi · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-09T07:14:09.037

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try this...

//Getting date from string
    NSString *dateString = @"09-03-2015";
    NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
    [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"dd-MM-yyyy"];
    NSDate *date = [[NSDate alloc] init];
    date = [dateFormatter dateFromString:dateString];
// converting into our required date format    
    [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"EEEE, MMMM dd, yyyy"];
    NSString *reqDateString = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:date];
    NSLog(@"date is %@", reqDateString);

LOG:2015-03-09 12:40:33.456 TestCode [1377:38775] date is Monday, March 09, 2015

edited Mar 09 '15 at 07:14

answered Mar 09 '15 at 07:07

Ravi

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Awesome. Thanks a lot. Just a little thing. it's giving year like 0015. But I need it like 2015. How can I achieve this? – Idrees Mar 09 '15 at 07:11
Ah okay. Got it. I was passing 09-03-15 – Idrees Mar 09 '15 at 07:15

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 09 '15 at 07:03

Firstly you must convert your dateString to NSDatevalue

NSString *dateString = @"09-03-2015";
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"dd-MM-yyyy"];
NSDate *date = [[NSDate alloc] init];
date = [dateFormatter dateFromString:dateString];
NSLog(@"%@",[dateFormatter stringFromDate:date]);

after that you could use this format: @"EEEE,MMMM dd, yyyy" to convert that dateValue to dateString like Monday, March 09, 2015
Hope this help
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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 09 '15 at 07:04

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Try to set dateFormat property to @"dd'-'MM'-'yyyy" . Always check the unicode the date symbol table. "MMMM" means that the date month should be a full month name.

answered Mar 09 '15 at 07:04

Andrea

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 09 '15 at 07:07

Try this one..

    NSString * yourJSONString = @"09-03-2015";
    NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];;
    [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"dd-MM-yyyy"];
    [dateFormatter setLocale:[NSLocale currentLocale]];
    NSDate *dateFromString = [dateFormatter dateFromString:yourJSONString];
    [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"EEEE,LLLL dd, yyyy"];
    NSString *output = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:dateFromString];
    NSLog(@"%@", output);

score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Dec 09 '16 at 11:29

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Try this:-

NSDate *date = [NSDate date];
NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
NSString * format = [NSDateFormatter dateFormatFromTemplate:@"EEEEMMMMdyyyy" options:0 locale:[NSLocale currentLocale]];
[formatter setDateFormat:format];

NSString *dateFormatted = [fullDateFormatterTime stringFromDate: date];
NSLog(@"Formatted date: %@", dateFormatted);

edited Dec 09 '16 at 11:29

kamalesh kumar yadav

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answered Mar 09 '15 at 07:12

mithlesh jha

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NSDateFormatter for day and month name

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