NSString to NSDate for yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS+05:30 format

Question

My date string that I am getting is 2014-01-08T21:21:22.737+05:30 of this format. How do i confer it to NSDate?

I tried:

       NSString *currentDate         


        

Answer 1

Your date format contains a time zone as a literal: yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS+05:30 the +05:30 it the time zone definition. You should parse it with Z.

NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc]init];
NSString *currentDateString = @"2014-01-08T21:21:22.737+05:30";
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZZZZ"];
NSDate *currentDate = [dateFormatter dateFromString:currentDateString];

NSLog(@"CurrentDate:%@", currentDate);