Why DateFormatter returns nil?

Asked Jan 04 '17 at 18:48

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I have the next string date:

"2017-01-04 15:25:37 +0000"

and now I want to convert it to Date in Swift 3:

let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss Z"
dateFormatter.timeZone = TimeZone(identifier: "UTC")
let date = dateFormatter.date(from: "2017-01-04 15:25:37 +0000")

Why it returns nil?

edited Jan 04 '17 at 19:26

asked Jan 04 '17 at 18:48

J. Doe

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for me your code works and doesn't return nil – ronatory Jan 04 '17 at 18:51
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The code is correct. Not related, but in Swift 3 the time zone init method is `TimeZone(identifier: "UTC")` without any type cast. – vadian Jan 04 '17 at 18:51
What `Locale` is the device in question? You may want to set the `locale` of the formatter to be `en_US_POSIX`. E.g. `dateFormatter.locale = Locale(identifier: "en_US_POSIX")`. – Rob Jan 04 '17 at 18:58
Possible duplicate of (e.g.) [Swift 3 DateFormatter doesn't return date for “HH:mm:ss”](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/40692378/swift-3-dateformatter-doesnt-return-date-for-hhmmss) – Martin R Jan 04 '17 at 18:59
@vadian I replaced that line, but nothing again – J. Doe Jan 04 '17 at 19:26
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That's why I wrote *not related* – vadian Jan 04 '17 at 19:28
@vadian yes, I know. Thanks – J. Doe Jan 04 '17 at 19:35
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@J.Doe: Did you set the `locale` *before* setting the `dateFormat` ? – Martin R Jan 04 '17 at 19:40
@MartinR yes, before – J. Doe Jan 04 '17 at 19:59
You might try `X` or `ZZZZZ` instead of `Z`. – Rob Jan 04 '17 at 20:51
You should also set the date formatter calendar to iso8601 – Leo Dabus Jan 04 '17 at 20:57

Why DateFormatter returns nil?

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