NSDateFormatter dateFromString returns incorrect date [duplicate]

Answer 1

Try adding this lines to your code,

[dateFormatter setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneWithAbbreviation:@"GMT+0:00"]];

or

[dateFormatter setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneWithName:@"GMT"]];

SWIFT update :

Code from quetion,

let dateString = "02-06-2012"
var dateFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "dd-MM-yyyy"
var dateFromString : NSDate = dateFormatter.dateFromString(dateString)!
println("My Date \(dateFromString)")

And Solution ,

dateFormatter.timeZone = NSTimeZone(name: "GMT")

OR

dateFormatter.timeZone = NSTimeZone(abbreviation: "GMT+0:00")