nsdateformatter

Crash when converting string to date

In my app I DO NOT want to use the local time on the phone. I want to get the current time in GMT. To do this I have a date formatter with time zone set to GMT. I then do the following to get back the current time: NSString *dateOne = [df stringFromDate:[NSDate date]]; NSDate *date1 = [df dateFromString:dateOne]; My app gets an EXC_BA...

Why does my NSDateFormatter return nil when parsing?

my code is like this NSString *tempDate = [NSString stringWithString:tempReviewData.pubDate]; NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init]; [dateFormatter setDateStyle:NSDateFormatterLongStyle]; [dateFormatter setTimeStyle:NSDateFormatterNoStyle]; [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"HH:mm a"]; NSDate *newDate = [dateForm...

How to give a input date format in iphone

Hi, i am new to iphone development. In my input date format is "2010-03-05T18:20:40Z", and i donno to how to give a input format of my code.So i have mentioned in my code (?). input date format = "2010-03-05T18:20:40Z" Here my code is: NSString *indate = @"2010-03-05T18:20:40Z"; NSDateFormatter *inputFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter allo...

NSDateFormatter incorrect date on simulator, correct date on device

Hi, Im building a calendar and to find out the first day of the month I do [formatter setDateFormat:@"e"]; int startDay = [[formatter stringFromDate:newDate] intValue]; On the device this works correctly and the 1st of the month is on the correct day. But on the simulator it is the day after. Although it doesn't overly matter about ...

Ho to get month/weekday symbols from NSDateFormatter in current language (iPhone)

In particular I'm interested in shortStandaloneWeekdaySymbols. I'm using this code: NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init]; NSArray *shortWeekdaySymbols = [dateFormatter shortStandaloneWeekdaySymbols]; But if iPhone region format is set to US but language to French/German/any other, NSDateFormatter returns Eng...

How to convert a UTC date to NSDate?

I have a string that is UTC and would like to convert it to an NSDate. static NSDateFormatter* _twitter_dateFormatter; [_twitter_dateFormatter setFormatterBehavior:NSDateFormatterBehaviorDefault]; [_twitter_dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss ZZZ yyyy"]; [_twitter_dateFormatter setLocale:_en_us_locale]; NSDate *d = [_twi...

Problem with NSDateformatter

Hi all, i've seen many questions on NSDateformatter and NSDate, but none could help me out. [formatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy/mm/dd"]; NSDate *date = [formatter dateFromString:@"2010/03/10"]; if (date) { NSLog(@"Date returned:::%@",date); return date; } The Probelm is that, its returning t...

Data Formatters temporarily unavailable

Im trying to use Date Formatters (NSDateFormatter), but I keep getting this error: Program received signal: “EXC_BAD_ACCESS”. Data Formatters temporarily unavailable, will re-try after a 'continue'. (Unknown error loading shared library "/Developer/usr/lib/libXcodeDebuggerSupport.dylib") ...

return nil for dateFromString call of NSDateFormatter

I am getting nil returned for the date variable in the below code. I can't find any problem with the date format, can anyone help? NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init]; [formatter setDateFormat:@"EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss zzz yyyy"]; NSString *dateString = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@"%@", @"Mon Apr 05 04:37:28 U...

iPhone OS: How do I create an NSDate for a specific date?

Seems like a simple thing but I can't seem to find a way to do it. It would be great to see a couple different methods. Thanks, Nick ...

"hour" int taken from NSDate not behaving as expected at midnight??

I feel like I've lost my mind. Can someone tell me what's going on here? Also, I'm sure there is a better way to do what I'm trying to do, but I'm not interested in that now. I'd just like to solve the mystery of why my ints are not responding to logic as expected. // Set "At: " field close to current time NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter...

NSDateFormatter only works on simulator?

Hey all, i simple try to reformat a date: NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init]; NSDate *date = [[NSData alloc] init]; //Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:27:48 -0700 [formatter setDateFormat:@"E, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z"]; date = [formatter dateFromString:self.currentItemValue]; [formatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM...

iPhone SDK NSString To NSDate

I got a string from parsing a XML file which looks like this: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:00:45 +0200 and the corresponding pattern should be this "EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss ZZ", but I get (null). This is my code: NSString *dateString = @"Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:00:45 +0200"; NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init]; [dateF...

NULL value when using NSDateFormatter after setting NSDate property via XML parsing

Hello, I am using the following code to try and display in a time in a table cell. TimeSlot *timeSlot = [timeSlots objectAtIndex:indexPath.row]; NSDateFormatter *timeFormat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init]; [timeFormat setDateFormat:@"HH:mm:ss"]; NSLog(@"Time: %@", timeSlot.time); NSDate *mydate = timeSlot.time; NSLog(@"Time: %@", myda...

NSFetchedResultsController titleForHeaderInSection with formatted NSDate

In my Core Data app I am using a FetchedResultsController. Usually to set titles for headers in a UITableView you would implement the following method like so: - (NSString *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView titleForHeaderInSection:(NSInteger)section { id <NSFetchedResultsSectionInfo> sectionInfo = [[<#Fetched results controller#>...

NSDateFormatter Does not convert correctly

Hi, I have a NSString which is passed from an xml feed........ NSString *strDate =@"Thu, 22 Apr 2010 10.30 am CEST"; I'm currently using this code to format the date........ NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init]; [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"EEE, dd MMM yyyy hh:mm a vvvv"]; NSDate *myDate = [dateF...

Date from String using NSDateFormatter regardless 12h-24h setting

Hello everybody, Today my question is about date formats and strings. My application downloads some strings representing dates from the internet. The date format is always like this: "2010-05-24 at 20:45" I need to convert this string into an NSDate object in order to perform some date manipulations. I tried this code: NSString * dateSt...

Unable to Parse Date using NSDateFormatter

Hi, I am fetching a RSS, in which i receive the following Date stamp: 2010-05-10T06:11:14.000Z Now i am using NSDateFormatter to parse this datetime stamp. [parseFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dTH:m:s.z"]; But its not working fine if just remove the time stamp part it works for the date [parseFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-d...

NSDateFormatter problem

I am trying to get NSDate from string but its returning nil. I tried this: NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init]; [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-mm-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'"]; NSDate *date = [dateFormatter dateFromString:@"2010-05-07T10:12:32UTC"]; NSLog(@"Success date=%@",[date description]); Thanks ...

Displaying timecode using NSTimer and NSDateFormatter

Hi. I am very close to completing my first iphone app and it has been a joy. I am trying to add running timecode using the current time via an NSTimer displaying the current time (NSDate) on a UILabel. NSDate is working fine for me, showing hour, minute, second, milliseconds. But instead of milliseconds, I need to show 24 frames per ...