Rick: The following code, which is likely what you are doing, will return the time in 1970 (NSDate's reference date) because you have not specified a date:
NSString *timeString = @"14:50 PDT"; NSDateFormatter *df = [[NSDateFormatter alloc ] init]; [df setDateFormat:@"HH':'mm zzz"]; NSDate *date = [df dateFromString:timeString]; [df release]; Instead, you need to use date components to set the day as well as the time, per the following: NSString *timeString = @"14:50 PDT"; NSDateFormatter *df = [[NSDateFormatter alloc ] init]; [df setDateFormat:@"HH':'mm zzz"]; NSDate *date = [df dateFromString:timeString]; NSCalendar *calendar = [NSCalendar currentCalendar]; NSDateComponents *dateComponents = [calendar components:( NSYearCalendarUnit | NSMonthCalendarUnit | NSDayCalendarUnit ) fromDate:[NSDate date]]; NSDateComponents *timeComponents = [calendar components:( NSHourCalendarUnit | NSMinuteCalendarUnit | NSSecondCalendarUnit ) fromDate: date ]; [dateComponents setHour:[timeComponents hour]]; [dateComponents setMinute:[timeComponents minute]]; [dateComponents setSecond:[timeComponents second]]; NSDate *timeToday = [calendar dateFromComponents:dateComponents]; [df release]; Change 'fromDate' in NSDateComponents *dateComponents to whatever date you want in order to create your time on a different day. Best Wishes. Roger Dalal On Oct 12, 2011, at 9:30 PM, Rick Mann wrote: > I have a situation where I have to parse times like "14:50 PDT". If I just > set up an NSDateFormatter with dateFormat = @"HH:mm z", I end up with a time > of day in 1970. > > What's the best way to get it to give me that time of day today? > > Thanks, > Rick > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/roger.dalal%40gmail.com > > This email sent to roger.da...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com