dateFromString returns nil on iOS 4.2, works fine on 3.2!

stolidimran · 01-14-2011, 06:11 AM

I am converting a string returned from server to NSDate object for further use.

Here is the sample string from server:

Code:

2011-01-14T16:05:48.555+05:00

And, I use

Code:

[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss"];

I am able to successfully convert it to an NSDate object using dataFromString method on iOS 3.2 (device & sim both).

However, the same code returns nil on iOS 4.2 on device & sim both.

I have also tried many variations of date format patterns such as:

Code:

[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ"];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZZZZ"];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"YYY-MM-DD'T'HH:mm:ss.fffK"];

but nothing works!!

Am I missing something here?

EDIT: I tried to hard-code the input string and after trying many variations, the following string

Code:

2011-01-14T16:05:48.555+0500

worked with

Code:

"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ"

Notice that the only difference in this string and the one from server is; the colon (:) in TimeZone value. I tried to find a date pattern where I can mention the colon in timezone with no success.

Any clue??