NSDateFormatter dateFromString

Question

The string which comes from my data source is formatted like this:

2011-04-11 23:12:05

// dateString comes from my data          


        

Answer 1

// set norwegian locale
    dateFormatter.locale=[[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:@"no_NO"];;

    dateFormatter.dateFormat=@"MMMM";
    NSString * monthString = [[dateFormatter stringFromDate:date] capitalizedString];
    NSLog(@"month: %@", monthString);

This is a norwegian example. With your language it should be "se_SE"

Answer 2

A date format string of @"MMMM" means that the string you're trying to parse is the full name of a month ("January", "October", etc).

You want something more like:

yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss

Check out the date formatting patterns for more info.