NSDateFormatter gives different output/wrong (GMT?) time

Question

I have tried setting the timezone and locale of the NSDateFormatter but I can't seem to get anything to work. Here is the code

NSDateFormatter *dateFormat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormat setDateFormat:@"MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss"];
NSString *myFireDateString=[@"9/17/11" stringByAppendingString:@" 09:00:00"];
NSDate *myFireDate = [dateFormat dateFromString:myFireDateString];  
NSLog(@"The datestring is is %@",myFireDateString);
NSLog(@"The formatted date is %@",myFireDate);

Here is the output:

The datestring is is 9/17/11 09:00:00

The formatted date is 2011-09-17 13:00:00

Answer 1

You need to set a timezone to your dateFormatter:

[dateFormatter setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone defaultTimeZone];

See NSDate from NSString , shows the previous day