Why NSCalendar's dateFromComponents returns wrong date?

Question

I am expecting 2010-10-11 00:00:00

But instead I receive 2010-10-10 21:00:00 +0000

I know, that I can add a few hours and receive desired date, but I do not

Answer 1

If you need a specific time format use that formatter or else write this to get correct time. first option...

let formatter = NSDateFormatter()
    formatter.dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ"
    let localDate = formatter.dateFromString("1989-10-17T05:00:00.000-0000")

or if you need date from components use the below code like ...

let calendar = NSCalendar.currentCalendar()
    calendar.timeZone = NSTimeZone(name: "GMT")!
    let date = calendar.dateFromComponents(components)

or you need

Answer 2

I think your problem may be solved by setting the NSTimeZone.