Convert date string to required date string format

Question

I have parsed .ics file and get the start date as string , the string contains value like this 20100803T130451Z (this is formated date string), I want to convert this string into my required string format ....

My required format of date string is (Tuesday - May 25,2010 (like this))

Can anyone help me? Thanks in advance.....

Answer 1

1. Create a NSDateFormatter to convert the date string to a NSDate object.
2. Create a second NSDateFormatter (or change the format string of the first) to convert the NSDate back to a string.

Answer 2

Hi there

Ole is right, here some sample code.

This:

NSDateFormatter* dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyyMMdd'T'HHmmss'Z'"];
NSDate* date = [dateFormatter dateFromString:dateString];

should do the conversion of the NSString to a NSDate. To then get your desired date format you can change the NSDateFormatters dateFormat. Like this:

[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"dddd - MMMM dd,yyy"];
NSString* myNiceLookingDate = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:date];
[dateFormatter release];

That should work, although I did not test it but it will get you at least closer to the result.

have fun, phil.