How to get Current Date date in PST format?

Question

I need current date string . I have already tried searching . What we get currently from

    [NSDate currentDate]; 

is in UTC. Either tell me how to convert it in PST or directly get current date in PST.

Answer 1

NSDate *date = [NSDate date];

NSDateFormatter *formatterUTC = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
formatterUTC.timeZone = [NSTimeZone timeZoneWithName:@"UTC"];
[formatterUTC setDateFormat:@"MMM dd,yyyy, hh:mm a"];
NSString *dateString = [formatterUTC stringFromDate:date];

NSDate *dateFromString1 = [formatterUTC dateFromString:dateString];
NSDateFormatter *formatterPST = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[formatterPST setDateFormat:@"MMM dd,yyyy, hh:mm a"];

formatterPST.timeZone = [NSTimeZone timeZoneWithName:@"America/Los_Angeles"];

NSString *urdate = [formatterPST stringFromDate:dateFromString1];`