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| From | Jim <jim@magrathea.plus.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.programmer.help |
| Subject | Re: NSDateFormatter help |
| Date | 2011-03-09 16:48 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <slrninfbqo.2ki5.jim@wotan.magrathea.local> (permalink) |
| References | <slrninevb7.2c09.jim@wotan.magrathea.local> <tph-AF5BA6.09413509032011@localhost> |
On 2011-03-09, Tom Harrington <tph@pcisys.no.spam.dammit.net> wrote: > >> I've got an NSString that contains a date/time. An actual example of >> this is: >> >> 1230 UT 09 Mar 2011 >> >> >> I'm trying to get this into an NSDate object, and I *thought* that the >> formatter should be: "HHmm z dd MMM yyyy" but this always returns a bad >> date. I've tried various z's (up to four) and I've tried using a few >> other things but something isn't right. >> >> What *should* the formatter be? > > I suspect it's failing on the time zone. I suggest trying "v" for that > instead of "z", which looks more likely to match. Or, if all of the > times are UTC, you could include a literal "UT" in the format string and > then treat the result as UTC. I think you're right about it being the 'UT' bit - I suspect that if I change it to GMT it'll be fine. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK Facetime ID:jim@magrathea.plus.com "[Angry Birds is] marginally more addictive than a compound of crack cocaine, strong tobacco and powdered orgasms." - The Daily Mash
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NSDateFormatter help Jim <jim@magrathea.plus.com> - 2011-03-09 13:15 +0000
Re: NSDateFormatter help Tom Harrington <tph@pcisys.no.spam.dammit.net> - 2011-03-09 09:41 -0700
Re: NSDateFormatter help Jim <jim@magrathea.plus.com> - 2011-03-09 16:48 +0000
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