Re: NSDateFormatter not working on iOS 5.
Re: NSDateFormatter not working on iOS 5.
- Subject: Re: NSDateFormatter not working on iOS 5.
- From: Matt Neuburg <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 07:11:55 -0800
By the way, I can readily confirm that the results differ on the simulator for 4.3 vs. 5.0. m.
>On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:13:49 +0800, Kin Mak <email@hidden> said:
>>The following code used to work fine prior to iOS 5. The dateFromString method seems to stop working on iOS 5 and always returns null. I suspect this is a bug introduced in iOS 5.0. Have anyone encountered the same issue? Or do I miss something here?
>>
>> NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
>> [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS zzz"];
>>
>> .....
>> //E.g currentString = @"2011-11-11 11:00:00.000 CET";
>> NSDate *date = [dateFormatter dateFromString:currentString];
>
>It works for me if I substitute "PST" for your "CET" - could the "CET" be the problem?
>
>I guess what I would do is start by testing whether the date formatter can round-trip its own output, like this:
>
> NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
> [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS zzz"];
> NSString* output = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:[NSDate date]];
> NSLog(@"%@", output);
>
> NSDate* date = [dateFormatter dateFromString: output];
> NSLog(@"%@", date);
>
>It can on my machine (PST). If it can't on your machine, that sounds like a bug.
>
>Also, do try -[dateFormatter getObjectValue:forString:errorDescription:]; It is definitely throwing an error (not very helpful, "The operation couldn't be completed") for your string on my machine.
>
>m.
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