ios - Convert NSString with format Tue, 27 Aug 2013 22:22:04 EDT to NSDate -

i trying convert nsstring following format: tue, 27 aug 2013 22:22:04 edt nsdate getting nil.

here's attempt

// pub date in string**   nsstring *pubdate = @"tue, 27 aug 2013 22:22:04 edt";  nsarray *temparr =[ pubdate componentsseparatedbystring:@" "]; nsmutablearray *temparrfinal = [nsmutablearray arraywitharray:temparr]; [temparrfinal removelastobject]; [temparrfinal removeobjectatindex:0]; pubdate = [temparrfinal componentsjoinedbystring:@" "]; 

here before passing date formatter converted nsstring format this: 27 aug 2013 22:22:04 removing first n last component of string. i've done because original format getting same result.

this how trying o convert nsdate:

nsdateformatter *formatter = [[[nsdateformatter alloc] init] autorelease];  [formatter setdateformat:@"mmm dd yyyy hh:mm:ss"]; [formatter setdatestyle:nsdateformatterlongstyle];  articledate = [formatter datefromstring:pubdate]; 

you have set nsdateformatter according date format

try this, if using type of date 27 aug 2013 22:22:04

nsstring *string=@"27 aug 2013 22:22:04"; nsdateformatter *df=[[nsdateformatter alloc]init]; [df setdateformat:@"dd mmm yyyy hh:mm:ss"]; nsdate *date=[df datefromstring:string]; 

or if using tue, 27 aug 2013 22:22:04 edt type of date try this

nsstring *string=@"tue, 27 aug 2013 22:22:04 edt"; nsdateformatter *df=[[nsdateformatter alloc]init]; [df setdateformat:@"e, dd mmm yyyy hh:mm:ss zz"]; nsdate *date=[df datefromstring:string];