Why NSDateFormatter can not parse date from ISO 8601 format [duplicate]

by

The problem is with the timezone on the end.

You need to either have it as: GMT-0X:00 or as -0X00 with no separate between hours and minutes.

The following two combinations work:

Combo 1 – use GMT format (GMT-0X:00) and ZZZZ 

NSDateFormatter* dateFormatter = [[[NSDateFormatter alloc] init] autorelease];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZZZZ"];
NSLog(@"DATE FORMAT:%@", [dateFormatter dateFromString:@"2008-12-29T00:27:42GMT-08:00"]);

Combo 2 – use RFC 822 format (-0X00) and ZZZ

dateFormatter = [[[NSDateFormatter alloc] init] autorelease];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZZZ"];
NSLog(@"DATE FORMAT:%@", [dateFormatter dateFromString:@"2008-12-29T00:27:42-0800"]);

More Related Contents:

  1. How to parse a date string into an NSDate object in iOS?
  2. NSDateFormatter, am I doing something wrong or is this a bug?
  3. NSDate Format outputting wrong date
  4. How do you calculate the day of the year for a specific date in Objective-C?
  5. Objective-C setting NSDate to current UTC
  6. Difference between two NSDate objects — Result also a NSDate
  7. NSDateFormatter and yyyy-MM-dd
  8. Convert NSString of a date to an NSDate
  9. NSDateFormatter and Time Zone issue?
  10. Syntax help – Variable as object name [duplicate]
  11. MKAnnotationView Push to View Controller when DetailDesclosure Button is Clicked
  12. iOS – Get CPU usage from application
  13. Autorotate in iOS 6 has strange behaviour
  14. this class is not key value coding-compliant for the key view [duplicate]
  15. Objective-C: Find numbers in string
  16. iOS devices as web server [closed]
  17. Linking a static library to an iOS project in Xcode 4
  18. How to change the format of date in date picker
  19. How do you determine spacing between cells in UICollectionView flowLayout
  20. Draw Graph curves with UIBezierPath
  21. Converting NSData to NSString in Objective c
  22. how to pass variable arguments to another method?
  23. UINavigationController Force Rotate
  24. NSFetchedResultsController with sections created by first letter of a string
  25. What does the -ObjC linker flag do?
  26. Get current iPhone device timezone date and time from UTC-5 timezone date and time iPhone app?
  27. Exception Types in iOS crash logs
  28. Prevent scrolling in a MKMapView, also when zooming
  29. Making a call programmatically from iPhone app and returning back to the app after ending the call
  30. Register UncaughtExceptionHandler in Objective C using NSSetUncaughtExceptionHandler

Leave a Comment