Set time 00:00:00 in NSDate when timezone is not Local

Question

I am working on Application which has users in different countries. for example, India and US.

I want NSDate with out time in all case in any timezone.

For example, 2016-03-01 will be remain same in both timezones 2016-03-01 00:00:00 +0000.

I am using

NSDate* dateOnly = [[NSCalendar currentCalendar] dateBySettingHour:0 minute:0 second:0 ofDate:[NSDate date] options:NSCalendarMatchLast];

Still I am getting this: 2016-04-21 05:00:00 +0000

I need 2016-04-21 00:00:00 +0000

Please suggest proper solution. Thanks in advance.

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 21 '16 at 07:49

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This one should work

NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneWithName:@"UTC"]];
NSLog(@"%@", [dateDormatter stringFromDate:dateOnly]);

answered Apr 21 '16 at 07:49

Mortgy

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 21 '16 at 07:43

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NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
dateFormatter.dateFormat = @"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm";

NSTimeZone *gmt = [NSTimeZone timeZoneWithAbbreviation:@"GMT"];
[dateFormatter setTimeZone:gmt];
NSString *timeStamp = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:[NSDate date]];

Try above line of code. Hope it will help you.

answered Apr 21 '16 at 07:43

Payal Maniyar

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I need NSDate, not NSString. – Dimple Shah Apr 21 '16 at 07:47
you can convert date to string – Payal Maniyar Apr 21 '16 at 07:48

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

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Can you try?

NSTimeZone *timeZone = [NSTimeZone timeZoneWithName:@"UTC"];
[dateFormatter setTimeZone:timeZone];

hope help you this

edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

Community

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answered Apr 21 '16 at 07:43

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Set time 00:00:00 in NSDate when timezone is not Local

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