NSDate is not returning my local Time zone /default time zone of device

Question

My local and default time zone is GMT +5 but when I get date and time by NSDate it return me GMT date and time.

For example the code and output from my code while

Answer 1

This works well for me to get the date in my timezone and format it just like I want it:

NSDate* gmtDate = [NSDate date];
NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[formatter setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneWithName:@"America/Los_Angeles"]];
[formatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss"];
NSString *dateString = [formatter stringFromDate:gmtDate];