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NSDateFormatter bug in timeZone

 it appears there is a bug in Apple's date formatter:

NSDateFormatter *inputFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[inputFormatter setDateFormat:@"MMM-dd-yy HH:mm:ss zzz"];
NSDate *theDate = [inputFormatter dateFromString:@"Apr-04-09 10:30:03 PDT"];

this gives the wrong timezone in "theDate"??? (unless of course you happen to be in the PDT timezone) it looks like it ignores the format, and just puts in current time zone. it should be -0700 at the end of the "theDate" if you look at it in a debugger, but it is wrong for anyone that is not in the PDT...


NSDateFormatter *inputFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[inputFormatter setFormatterBehavior:NSDateFormatterBehavior10_4];
[inputFormatter setLocale:[[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:@"en_US"]];
[inputFormatter setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneForSecondsFromGMT: 0]];
[inputFormatter setDateFormat:@"MMM-dd-yy HH:mm:ss zzz"];

NSDate *theDate = [inputFormatter dateFromString:@"Apr-04-09 10:30:03 PDT"];

this gives me a NIL in "theDate" because timeZoneForSecondsFromGMT is some how not working, or i have it wrong.....

also using the natural language formater properly gives me the correct time Zone, but as soon as you store it in a Data Source, it comes back out with the current time zone, and the time adjusted so that it is correct time at least... but this shouldn't happen? should it.

Jon.

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