How to format DateFormatter(NSDateFormattter) for Date String

Question

How to construct formatter(NSFormatter) for following Date string

Date dateString = \"Sun Oct 30 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0530 (IST)\"

let dateFormatter = DateFormatte         


        

Answer 1

I think you'll have to tell DateFormatter to ignore the 'GMT' part, because that throws it off. GMT is implied if you have +0530 though, so you don't need it.

For this string:

let dateString = "Sun Oct 30 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0530"

This format works:

dateFormatter.dateFormat = "E MMM d yyyy HH:mm:ss 'GMT'x"

If the (IST) is always the same, you can tell the date formatter to ignore it too by using

dateFormatter.dateFormat = "E MMM d yyyy HH:mm:ss 'GMT'x '(IST)'"

If that part can vary, you should probably use String methods to remove that part of the string before parsing the date.