init] returning date an hour in the past?

Question

When I call

NSDate *now = [[NSDate alloc] init]; 

in order to get the current date and time, I check it with:

NSLog(@"Date now: %@", now);

the date outputted is one hour in the past.

2010-10-08 12:04:38.227 MiniBf[1326:207] Now: 2010-10-08 11:04:38 GMT

Is my time zone set incorrectly somewhere perhaps?

Thanks!

Michael

Answer 1

Use NSDateFormatter to localize the date:

NSLog(@"%@",[NSDateFormatter localizedStringFromDate:[NSDate date] dateStyle:NSDateFormatterShortStyle timeStyle:NSDateFormatterShortStyle]); 

Answer 2

I've seen that behavior on the DatePicker running on iOS 4.1 devices while on iOS 4.0 and previous it does not happen. I can't confirm it is actually the same bug.

But I suggest you check whether is related with the acknowledged by Apple bug regarding dates/summer time/4.1 by running that code on < 4.1. Then you will need to decide whether to hack a fix for that particular version/dates or wait for the next release of the SDK to fix it and not support 4.1 devices...

The bug I'm talking about I believe only happens while passing dates within the summer time period (2010: 28th March - 31st October)

Answer 3

Use NSDate *now = [NSDate date];

I am using it and giving me perfect result.

Answer 4

Maybe your timezone is wrong in your iPhone simulator. Press the home button, go to settings.app and correct it ;)