Why my NSDateFormatter returns null?

Question

Why my NSDateFormatter returns null? Here is my code:

  NSString *dateString = @\"21-12-2012 11:05:15\";
  NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter         


        

Answer 1

Use HH instead of hh.

hh usually is 12 hour time while HH is usually 24 hour time.

[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss"];

A good official reference for this, as linked by Apple themselves, is here. Another good table is here, as mentioned by Zaph.

Answer 2

You should use

[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss"];