How to format convert the string 2013-01-27T02:31:47+08:00 into NSDate

Question

I have tried many times to convert the string 2013-01-27T02:31:47+08:00 into NSDate. I have found the formatting guide by apple and copied its code and tried , but it doesn't work.

 NSDateFormatter *rfc3339DateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
    NSLocale *enUSPOSIXLocale = [[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:@"en_US_POSIX"];

    [rfc3339DateFormatter setLocale:enUSPOSIXLocale];
    [rfc3339DateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ss'Z'"];
    [rfc3339DateFormatter setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneForSecondsFromGMT:8]];

    // Convert the RFC 3339 date time string to an NSDate.
    NSDate *date = [rfc3339DateFormatter dateFromString:@"2013-01-27T02:31:47+08:00"];

Answer 1

Your format should be @"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZZZZZ". You only need single quotes around letters that are not going to be used by the formatter.