Create NSDate Monotouch

Question

I am trying to take a date string and turn it into a specific NSDate (eg. July 1, 1981), but I don't see and methods for setting the date. Does anyone know how to accomplish this? Perhaps convert a DateTime object to NSDate?

Answer 1

You want to look at the NSDateFormatter class :)

Your code will look something like this . . .

NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[formatter setDateFormat:@"MMM dd, yyyy HH:mm"];

NSDate *parsed = [formatter dateFromString:dateString];

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PS Example liberally copied from this question :)