Convert NSDate to NSString with NSDateFormatter with TimeZone without GMT Time Modifier

Question

I\'m initializing my NSDateFormatter thusly:

NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[[NSDateFormatter alloc] init] autorelease];
[dateFormatter setLocale:[[[NSLocale          


        

Answer 1

Remove the trailing 'z' character from the format string if you don't want to display the time zone.

EDIT

On the other hand, if you just want to display the timezone name, just make the 'z' uppercase. ((edit: leave the 'z' lowercase for named timezone, i.e. PST and uppercase 'Z' for -0800))

EDIT

Lowercase 'z' works fine for all the other timezones, but unfortunately GMT is a special case. So the easiest thing to do is to just omit the 'z' and append " GMT" to the formatted date.

Answer 2

Accepted answer had a typo.

On the other hand, if you just want to display the timezone name, just make the 'z' uppercase.

leave the 'z' lowercase for named timezone, i.e. PST and uppercase 'Z' for -0800

    NSDateFormatter *format = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
    [format setDateFormat:@"MMMM dd, yyyy (EEEE) HH:mm:ss z Z"];
    NSDate *now = [NSDate date];
    NSString *nsstr = [format stringFromDate:now];

//January 23, 2013 (Wednesday) 12:33:46 PST -0800