iPhone: NSDate convert GMT to local time

Question

I currently have an API call returning me a date/time in the format: "2010-10-10T07:54:01.878926" ..Can I assume this is GMT? I also converted this to an NSDate object. Is there a way to use the local iPhone time to recalculate the time?

Answer 1

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]];
[dateFormatter release];