NSDateFormatter difference

Question

What is the difference between these two Date Formats. First one give actual time but second on give time buy adding time zone offset value.

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Answer 1

The problem with the 2nd format is all of the needless quotes, especially around the Z. By quoting the Z this means the Z is treated as a literal character and not the timezone format specifier.

Get rid of the quotes around the Z and both will give the same result.

Answer 2

The second date formatter is incorrect, the 'Z' should not be single quoted, that keeps it from being considered a format character.

Also the only single quotes that are needed are around the 'T' so that is is not considered a format character but rather a literal.

See ICU User Guide: Formatting Dates and Times