Setting UIDatePicker date with NSDateFormatter

Question

I am trying to initialize a UIDatePicker with a date that was returned to me from that date picker earlier in my session. This is part of an inventory program that needs to

Answer 1

You're missing the Z format specifier in the date format.

This code:

NSString *calDate = @"2011-11-11 21:56:38 +0000";
NSDate *date = [[[NSDate alloc] init] retain];
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc]init];

[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss Z"];  
//                                   right here    ^

date = [dateFormatter dateFromString:calDate];

NSLog(@"date:%@", date);

Outputs:

2012-01-03 20:14:15.258 Craplet[38753:707] date:2011-11-11 21:56:38 +0000

Without the Z:

[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"];

It outputs:

2012-01-03 20:16:10.456 Craplet[38885:707] date:(null)

If the format cannot be matched to the date string, it returns nil