NSDateFormatter behavior problem

Question

I have a problem using NSDateFormatter in iPhone programming. Below is my code snippet.

NSString *inputDate = @"2011-03-14";
NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[formatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd"];
NSDate *entryDate = [formatter dateFromString:inputDate];
[formatter release]

The result I am getting is

2011-03-13 16:00:00 +0000

which is the GMT equivalent of 2011-03-14 00:00:00. (My time zone is GMT +08:00)

Why I am getting this? How to get 2011-03-14 00:00:00 as the result?

Thanks.

~Jan

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 16 '11 at 07:11

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You can set the timezone using

[formatter setTimeZone:...]

. Alternatively I would try to just set the formatter's locale by

NSLocale *locale = [[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:@"..."];
[formatter setLocale:locale];

answered Mar 16 '11 at 07:11

hennes

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Thanks for the response. I tried both, but the result was similar. Furthermore my formatter's timezone and locale are correctly set to the local settings by default. – Jan Mar 16 '11 at 07:59

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

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Pls take a look at this

NSDateFormatter returns unexpected results

This is what Apple recommends

edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

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answered Mar 16 '11 at 07:10

visakh7

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Thanks for the response. But, setting the time zone of the formatters does not seem to fix the problem. I have tried that, but the answer was the same. – Jan Mar 16 '11 at 08:13

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 16 '11 at 07:12

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You can try to add the timezone to your original string

NSString *inputDate = @"2011-03-14+0800";
NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[formatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-ddZZZ"];
NSDate *entryDate = [formatter dateFromString:inputDate];
[formatter release]

answered Mar 16 '11 at 07:12

HyLian

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Thanks for the response. But unfortunately this didn't work :( – Jan Mar 16 '11 at 08:00

NSDateFormatter behavior problem

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