setTimeZone:
Sets the time zone for the receiver.
- (void)setTimeZone:(NSTimeZone *)tz
Parameters
- tz
- The time zone for the receiver.
Example of [NSDateFormatter setTimeZone]
NSTimeZone *gmt = [NSTimeZone timeZoneWithAbbreviation:@"GMT"];
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[[NSDateFormatter alloc] init] autorelease];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"];
[dateFormatter setTimeZone:gmt];
NSString* dateString = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:[NSDate date]];
NSLog(@"Date/Time is %@", dateString);
NSDateFormatter *inputFormatter = [[[NSDateFormatter alloc] init] autorelease];
[inputFormatter setTimeZone:gmt];
[inputFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"];
NSDate* date = [inputFormatter dateFromString:dateString];
NSLog(@"Date/Time is %@", date);
Example of [NSDateFormatter setTimeZone]
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[[NSDateFormatter alloc] init] autorelease];
[dateFormatter setLocale:[[[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:@"en_US_POSIX"] autorelease]];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z"];
[dateFormatter setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneForSecondsFromGMT:0]];
NSDate *date = [NSDate date];
NSString *dateString = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:date];
Example of [NSDateFormatter setTimeZone]
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
dateFormatter.dateFormat = @"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm";
NSTimeZone *gmt = [NSTimeZone timeZoneWithAbbreviation:@"GMT"];
[dateFormatter setTimeZone:gmt];
NSString *timeStamp = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:[NSDate date]];
[dateFormatter release];