NSDate formatting returns null?

Question

when i parse my xml i will get date like this Fri Nov 06 12:29:39 IST 2015

This is my xcode part

NSLog(@"%@",parsedElementContent);
NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[formatter setDateFormat:@"EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z"];
[_currentItem setPubDate:[formatter dateFromString:[self trimString:parsedElementContent]]];

Where this part returns null

[formatter dateFromString:[self trimString:parsedElementContent]]
- (NSString *)trimString:(NSString *)originalString{
    NSString * trimmedString;
    trimmedString  = [originalString stringByTrimmingCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet]];
    return trimmedString;
}

I this this part is wrong @"EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z"

You should use format like : [formatter setDateFormat:@"MMM dd hh:mm:ss 'IST' yyyy"]; — Midhun MP, Nov 06 '15 at 09:22
Your dateFormat doesn't match at all the string date your got. — Larme, Nov 06 '15 at 09:26

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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your String indicate is

Fri -> EEE (indicate shot day name)
Nov -> MMM (indicate month)
06  -> HH (indicate two digit date)
01  -> mm (indicate two digit month)
00  -> ss (indicate two digit minute)
IST -> IST (indicate current time standerd)
2015-> yyyy (indicate years)

so set like

[formatter setDateFormat:@"EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss 'IST' yyyy"];

And set more NSDate format, Click Me and Click Me

edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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answered Nov 06 '15 at 09:28

Anbu.Karthik

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Don't forget to add an local, since the date is localized. – rckoenes Nov 06 '15 at 09:30

NSDate formatting returns null?

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