dateFromString always returns null with dateformatter
I have the following code:
NSDateFormatter * df = [[NSDateFormatte开发者_如何学Pythonr alloc] init];
[df setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"];
[df setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone systemTimeZone]];
[df setFormatterBehavior:NSDateFormatterBehaviorDefault];
[df dateFromString:@"2011-04-12 10:00:00"];
In which it always generates a null date. Why is this?
If the device is set to AM/PM time and requested string format is set to @"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"
dateFromString
will return nil
.
If you set the locale to @"en_US"
conversion will return correct date.
dateFormat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormat setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneWithName:@"GMT"]];
[dateFormat setLocale:[[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:@"en_US"]];
[dateFormat setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"];
NSDate *date = [dateFormat dateFromString:@"2013-02-14 09:30:00"];
Are you doing this in a background thread? I had weird experiences with NSDateFormatter when not being used in the ui-thread. Anyway, here's the method I use, should work for you:
+ (NSDate*)parseDate:(NSString*)inStrDate format:(NSString*)inFormat {
NSDateFormatter* dtFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dtFormatter setLocale:[NSLocale systemLocale]];
[dtFormatter setDateFormat:inFormat];
NSDate* dateOutput = [dtFormatter dateFromString:inStrDate];
[dtFormatter release];
return dateOutput;
}
I had the same issue. I started by double-checking that the string used for conversion was valid by using this resource.
I then had a thought that it might be the locale, so I tried the following:
[dateFomatter setLocale:[[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:@"en_AU"]]
It worked like a charm. Hope this helps.
I just ran this code and it worked for me.
NSDateFormatter * df = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[df setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"];
[df setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone systemTimeZone]];
[df setFormatterBehavior:NSDateFormatterBehaviorDefault];
NSDate *theDate = [df dateFromString:@"2011-04-12 10:00:00"];
NSLog(@"date: %@", theDate);
The output was: date: 2011-04-12 17:00:00 +0000
Yes, agreed with @Jan Gressmann, this is so wierd! I am using the NSDateFormatter on non-ui thread as well, and dateFromString selector returns null sometimes... For example, I have this code:
NSDateFormatter *dateFormat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
NSLocale *usLocale = [[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:@"en_US"];
[dateFormat setLocale:usLocale];
[dateFormat setDateFormat:@"dd MMM yy HH:mm:ss"];
NSDate *startDate = [dateFormat dateFromString:str_StartDate];
NSDate *endDate = [dateFormat dateFromString:str_endDate];
Output in console:
(lldb) po str_StartDate
(NSString *) $7 = 0x06da2180 03 SEP 2012 10:00:00
(lldb) po str_endDate
(NSString *) $8 = 0x06d3a810 08 SEP 2013 10:00:00
(lldb) po startDate
(NSDate *) $9 = 0x00000000 <nil>
(lldb) po endDate
(NSDate *) $10 = 0x06db05b0 2013-09-08 02:00:00 +0000
This is really wierd...
I was getting similar issue with iOS8 (XCode 6), I did following changes in NSDateFormatter -
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setLocale:[[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:@"en_US"]];
[dateFormatter setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneWithAbbreviation:@"UTC"]];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"];
NSDate *formattedDate = [dateFormatter dateFromString:dateString];
dateFromString and stringFromDate return null because of device time format (ex: 12hr Or 24hr) and device time zone
Convert 12hr To 24hr
- (NSString*)getTimeIn24Hr:(NSString*)time12hrWithDate
{
NSDateFormatter* df12 = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[df12 setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone systemTimeZone]];
[df12 setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm a"];
NSDate* dateTime12hr = [df12 dateFromString:time12hrWithDate];
NSDateFormatter *df24 = [[NSDateFormatter alloc]init];
[df24 setLocale:[NSLocale systemLocale]];
[df24 setDateFormat:@"HH:mm:ss"];
NSString * time24HrOutput = [df24 stringFromDate:dateTime12hr];
return time24HrOutput;
}
Convert 24hr To 12hr
- (NSString*)getTimeIn12Hr:(NSString*)time24hrWithDate
{
NSDateFormatter* df24 = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[df24 setLocale:[NSLocale systemLocale]];
[df24 setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"];
NSDate* dateTime24hr = [df24 dateFromString:time24hrWithDate];
NSDateFormatter *df12 = [[NSDateFormatter alloc]init];
[df12 setDateFormat:@"hh:mm a"];
NSString * time12HrOutput = [df12 stringFromDate:dateTime24hr];
return time12HrOutput;
}
I have the similar issue with you, dateFromString:
success in ios simulator, while in iPhone, it always return NULL
, after I add the below code attached with dateFormatter
, it success in iPhone ad simulator:
[dateFormatter setLocale:[[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:@"en_US"]];
Try to set the both date formatters in the same format while converting (date to string) and (string to date).In the following format
[formatter1 setDateFormat:@"MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss a"]
[formatter2 setDateFormat:@"MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss a"]
You can use this format "yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss"
.
The key is using downcased hh
rather than HH
to format hour when you use swift2.3 on iOS10
Hope that could be useful.
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