Re: On iOS5 simulator and device, NSDateFormatter doesn't show time zone abbreviation for "Asia/Kolkata" for the "z" or "zzz" specifier.
Re: On iOS5 simulator and device, NSDateFormatter doesn't show time zone abbreviation for "Asia/Kolkata" for the "z" or "zzz" specifier.
- Subject: Re: On iOS5 simulator and device, NSDateFormatter doesn't show time zone abbreviation for "Asia/Kolkata" for the "z" or "zzz" specifier.
- From: Kyle Sluder <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:06:08 -0800
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Heath Borders <email@hidden> wrote:
> On iOS5 simulator and device, NSDateFormatter doesn't show time zone
> abbreviation for "Asia/Kolkata" for the "z" or "zzz" specifier.
>
> NSTimeZone *timeZone = [NSTimeZone timeZoneWithName:@"Asia/Kolkata"];
> NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[[NSDateFormatter alloc] init] autorelease];
> dateFormatter.dateFormat = @"z"; // or @"zzz"
> dateFormatter.timeZone = timeZone;
>
> NSLog(@"date string: %@", [dateFormatter stringFromDate:[NSDate
> date]]); // "GMT+05:30", expected "IST"
> NSLog(@"time zone abbreviation: %@", [timeZone
> abbreviationForDate:[NSDate date]]); // "IST"
>
> I expect the above code to output
>
> IST
> IST
>
> but it outputs
>
> GMT+05:30
> IST
What's the current locale? IIRC only "expected" abbreviations are
substituted, since they can be ambiguous.
--Kyle Sluder
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