String to a Format yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss Iphone

Question

I have an nsstring ,see below

NSString *Mydate=@\"9/8/2011\"; in month/day/year format.

I want this string to be in the format yyyy-M

Answer 1

Try below code with valid input string that will help you.

    NSString *dateStr = @"9/8/2011 11:10:9";
    NSDateFormatter *dtF = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
    [dtF setDateFormat:@"d/M/yyyy hh:mm:s"];
    NSDate *d = [dtF dateFromString:dateStr];
    NSDateFormatter *dateFormat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
    [dateFormat setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:s"];
    NSString *st = [dateFormat stringFromDate:d];   
    NSLog(@"%@",st);
    [dtF release];
    [dateFormat release];

Answer 2

You may use NSDateFormatter