convert NSstring date to UTC date

Question

i need to convert some date that i have in NSString to NSString in this format: yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss zzz i write this code:

Answer 1

try this method..

-(NSString *)getUTCFormateDate:(NSString *)localDate
{
    NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
    [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"dd/MM/yyyy"];

    NSDate *dateFormatted = [dateFormatter dateFromString:localDate];
    NSTimeZone *timeZone = [NSTimeZone timeZoneWithName:@"UTC"];
    [dateFormatter setTimeZone:timeZone];
    [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"];
    NSString *dateString = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:dateFormatted];
    [dateFormatter release];
    return dateString;
}

Answer 2

i think, Here GMT show Standard time and GMT and UTC both are same. please look on below links: http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/ http://www.worldtimeserver.com/convert_time_in_UTC.aspx

thanks