I think the concern is this. Say today is the day that a time change occurs. In
the US, this happens at 2 am. When you move the clocks forward, the instant the
clock would roll from 1:59:59.999 to 2:00:00.000, it actually rolls to
3:00:00.000. All of the times in the half-open interval (2:00,
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
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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 =
Be careful with this approach, since there are some weird edge cases where that
time may not exist on the proposed day (think DST boundaries).
Dave
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On Oct 12, 2011, at 6:46 PM, Roger Dalal roger.da...@gmail.com wrote:
Rick:
The following code, which is likely what you
Dave:
Would it be possible for you to present an improved approach, please? I use
this solution frequently, and have not yet encountered any issues, but now you
have me worried! What approach do you suggest?
Roger Dalal
On Oct 12, 2011, at 9:49 PM, Dave DeLong wrote:
Be careful with this
