How to parse an ISO8601 date [duplicate]

Question

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• How to parse a date string into an NSDate object in iOS? 7 answers

I got string of date regarding this format:

2011-12-29T09:09:06-0500

How can I convert this into a date object?

Answer 1

Try this solution

NSString *dateString = @"2011-12-29T09:09:06-0500";
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ"];

NSDate *dateFromString = [dateFormatter dateFromString:dateString];    
[dateFormatter release];
NSLog(@" dateFromString %@",dateFromString);

Answer 2

NSString *date = [[NSDate date] description];

[NSDateFormatter setDefaultFormatterBehavior:NSDateFormatterBehavior10_4];
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ss'Z'"];

NSDate *dateFromString = [[NSDate alloc] init];
dateFromString = [dateFormatter dateFromString:<NSString containing date>];