NSDateFormatter will not parse string with timezone that includes colon

Question

I\'m trying to transform @\"Fri, 26 Aug 2011 10:51:00 +02:00\" into an NSDate:

[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@\"EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:         


        

Answer 1

You can use the getObjectValue:forString:range:error: method to parse dates that have the colon in the timezone:

// test date formatting
NSString *dateString = @"2012-04-11T18:34:19+00:00";
NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
formatter.dateFormat = @"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ";
NSDate *date;
NSError *error;
[formatter getObjectValue:&date forString:dateString range:nil error:&error];