Weird converting output from NSString to NSDate

Question

I have weird result trying to output NSDate object from NSString. My NSString is: 1976-06-11 My method to convert is:

-(NSDate*)dateFromString:(NSString *)dateString{

    // Convert string to date object
    NSDateFormatter *dateFormat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
    [dateFormat setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd"];
    NSDate *date = [dateFormat dateFromString:dateString];
    return date;
}

But it output 1976-06-10 21:00:00 +0000

How could that happen? Difference in 1 day.

Answer 1

You can use following methods to convert an UTC date string into UTC date and local date

 - (NSDate *)convertIntoGMTZoneDate:(NSString *)dateString
    {
        NSDateFormatter *gmtFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc]init];
        [gmtFormatter setDateStyle:NSDateFormatterFullStyle];
        [gmtFormatter setTimeStyle:NSDateFormatterFullStyle];
        [gmtFormatter setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneWithName:@"GMT"]];

        return [gmtFormatter dateFromString:dateString];
    }

    - (NSDate *)convertIntoSystemZoneDate:(NSString *)dateString
    {
        NSDateFormatter *systemZoneFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc]init];
        [systemZoneFormatter setDateStyle:NSDateFormatterFullStyle];
        [systemZoneFormatter setTimeStyle:NSDateFormatterFullStyle];
        [systemZoneFormatter setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone systemTimeZone]];

        return [systemZoneFormatter dateFromString:dateString];
    }