Display a local notification at a fixed time, ios? - ios

Question

I am using the below code to display the notification at a fixed time. However it just does not fit my output.
- (IBAction)bt_set:(id)sender {
// Setting all the information about our date
int hour = 8;
int minutes = 19;
int day = 19;
int month = 10;
int year = 2014;
NSCalendar *calendar = [[NSCalendar alloc] initWithCalendarIdentifier:NSGregorianCalendar];
NSDateComponents *components = [[NSDateComponents alloc] init];
[components setDay:day];
[components setMonth:month];
[components setYear:year];
[components setMinute:minutes];
[components setHour:hour];
NSDate *myNewDate = [calendar dateFromComponents:components];
//[components release];
//[calendar release];
[self scheduleNotificationForDate:myNewDate];
UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:#"Note"
message:#"Alarm has been set"
delegate:self
cancelButtonTitle:#"OK"
otherButtonTitles:nil];
[alert show];
}
This is the notfication code
- (void)scheduleNotificationForDate:(NSDate *)date
{
// Here we cancel all previously scheduled notifications
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] cancelAllLocalNotifications];
UILocalNotification *localNotification = [[UILocalNotification alloc] init];
localNotification.fireDate = date;
NSLog(#"%#",date);
NSLog(#"Notification will be shown on: %#",localNotification.fireDate);
localNotification.timeZone = [NSTimeZone defaultTimeZone];
localNotification.alertBody = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"Your notification message"];
localNotification.alertAction = NSLocalizedString(#"View details", nil);
/* Here we set notification sound and badge on the app's icon "-1"
means that number indicator on the badge will be decreased by one
- so there will be no badge on the icon */
localNotification.soundName = UILocalNotificationDefaultSoundName;
localNotification.applicationIconBadgeNumber = -1;
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] scheduleLocalNotification:localNotification];
}
This is the date I get in the log
Notification will be shown on: 2014-10-19 02:49:00 +0000
I guess it has something to do with the time zone.
I have the time zone of GMT+5:30
Please help me out

Answer 1

You have some (NSDate *)date----
Add below code to get the appropriate system time:
NSTimeZone* sourceTimeZone = [NSTimeZone timeZoneWithAbbreviation:#"GMT"];
NSTimeZone* destinationTimeZone = [NSTimeZone systemTimeZone];
NSInteger sourceGMTOffset = [sourceTimeZone secondsFromGMTForDate:sourceDate];
NSInteger destinationGMTOffset = [destinationTimeZone secondsFromGMTForDate:sourceDate];
NSTimeInterval interval = destinationGMTOffset - sourceGMTOffset;
NSDate* destinationDate = [[NSDate alloc] initWithTimeInterval:interval sinceDate:sourceDate];