How can I get the month, day, year, day of week, time, into separate values from a NSString like this "2013-09-27 15:05:00"?
For example 2013-09-27 15:05:00
NSString month: September
NSString year: 2013
NSString day: 27
NSString weekday: Monday
NSString time: 15:05:00
Please help me!
You may do it using NSDateComponents as #Mikael said, or the other way is:
NSDateFormatter *df = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[df setDateFormat:#"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"];
NSDate *myDate = [df dateFromString: #"2013-09-27 15:05:00"];
[df setDateFormat:#"dd"];
myDayString = [df stringFromDate:myDate];
[df setDateFormat:#"MMM"];
myMonthString = [df stringFromDate:myDate];
[df setDateFormat:#"yy"];
myYearString = [df stringFromDate:myDate];
[df setDateFormat:#"HH:mm:ss"];
myTimeString = [df stringFromDate:myDate];
[df release];
First you need a NSDate from your NSString, then you can separate the values with NSDateComponents
This should do it:
NSCalendar *sysCalendar = [NSCalendar currentCalendar];
NSDateFormatter *df = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[df setDateFormat:#"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"];
NSDate *myDate = [df dateFromString: #"2013-09-27 15:05:00"];
unsigned int unitFlags = NSYearCalendarUnit | NSMonthCalendarUnit | NSDayCalendarUnit | NSHourCalendarUnit | NSMinuteCalendarUnit | NSSecondCalendarUnit;
NSDateComponents *breakdownInfo = [sysCalendar components:unitFlags fromDate:myDate];
Use dateFromString: method of NSDateFormatter class. You will get NSDate object back. Once you have it, you can do further with it whatever you want. This is basically a date and time parser with bunch of options for every situation. Writing your own parser would be a bad idea...
Read completely Date and Time Programming Guide in Apple Developer Documentation. Date and time are not trivial things, it is wise to be well informed how you can hand this information in different situations, especially when writing international apps.
Untested code but it should work..please try
NSCalendar *myCalendar = [NSCalendar currentCalendar];
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:#"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"];
NSDate *myDate = [dateFormatter dateFromString: #"2013-09-27 15:05:00"];
NSDateComponents *dateComponents = [calendar components:NSDayCalendarUnit|NSMonthCalendarUnit|NSYearCalendarUnit fromDate:myDate];
NSString *day = [NSString stringWithFormat=#"%d", [dateComponents day]];
NSString *month = [NSString stringWithFormat=#"%d", [dateComponents month]];
NSString *year = [NSString stringWithFormat=#"%d", [dateComponents year]];
Related
I have dateString with this format "mm/dd/yyyy '-' HH:mm".
I want to extract the date in string and hour in string.
I've tried the following code but this return a wrong date:
- (void) extractDate: (NSString *)dateString intoHour: (NSString *)hourLabel and: (NSString*)dateLabel {
NSDateFormatter *formatter=[[NSDateFormatter alloc]init];
[formatter setDateFormat:#"mm/dd/yyyy '-' HH:mm"];
NSData *date = [formatter dateFromString:dateString];
NSDateComponents *components = [[NSCalendar currentCalendar] components:NSCalendarUnitDay | NSCalendarUnitMonth | NSCalendarUnitYear | NSHourCalendarUnit | NSMinuteCalendarUnit fromDate:date];
hourLabel = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%lu:%lu", [components hour], [components minute]];
dateLabel = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%lu/%lu/%lu", [components day], [components month], [components year]];
}
Exemple String: "05/01/2015 - 11:15"
Result: date: 1/1/2015, time: 11:15
and also how can I maintain this date format dd/mm/yyyy, I mean when the day is 1, it shows 01
Not tested but:
MM for the month. Not mm which is minutes.
You already have a NSDateFormatter so why not use it again instead of NSDateComponents and NSString formats?
NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc]init];
[formatter setDateFormat:#"MM/dd/yyyy '-' HH:mm"];
NSDate *date = [formatter dateFromString:dateString];
//Now you have the correct date. So we'll use the NSDateFormatter to transform NSDate (date) into NSString according to the format we need.
[formatter setDateFormat:#"MM/dd/yyyy"];
dateLabel = [formatter stringFromDate:date];
[formatter setDateFormat:#"HH:mm"];
hourLabel = [formatter stringFromDate:date];
hourLabel/dateLabel as NSString and not UILabel is quite a misleading var naming.
I have following code to convert string to date. Is it possible that it sets time as "00:00:00" and not the current time?
NSDateFormatter *dateformat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateformat setDateFormat:#"yyyy-MM-dd"];
NSString *str = #"2014-08-08";
NSDate *dt = [dateformat dateFromString:str];
This gives dt as "2014-08-08 15:20:00 +0000" because I did the operation at 15:20.
Edit: I am using this date to convert it to integer later to store it in database:
int t = [dt timeIntervalSince1970];
If you are displaying the date dt with NSLog you will see what the date description method provides. If you want to see the date in a specific way that suits you use NSDateFormatter to format the date.
Example:
NSDateFormatter *dateformat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateformat setDateFormat:#"yyyy-MM-dd"];
NSString *str = #"2014-08-08";
NSDate *dt = [dateformat dateFromString:str];
NSDateFormatter *displayDateformat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[displayDateformat setDateFormat:#"yyyy-MM-dd"];
NSString *displayDateString = [displayDateformat stringFromDate:dt];
NSLog(#"displayDateString: %#", displayDateString);
Output:
2014-08-08
Note per Apple docs: "This method returns a time value relative to an absolute reference date—the first instant of 1 January 2001, GMT."
A good practice is to use NSDateComponents
NSDate *yourDate = [NSDate date];
NSCalendar *calendar = [NSCalendar currentCalendar];
NSDateComponents *dateComponents = [calendar components:(NSYearCalendarUnit | NSMonthCalendarUnit | NSDayCalendarUnit) fromDate:yourDate];
[calendar setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone localTimeZone]];
// Set the time components manually
[dateComponents setHour:0];
[dateComponents setMinute:0];
[dateComponents setSecond:0];
yourDate = [calendar dateFromComponents:dateComponents];
Update
iOS8 :
[[NSCalendar currentCalendar] startOfDayForDate:[NSDate date]];
I have 2 dates. Date1 in yyyy-MM-dd 21:00:00 +0000. Date2 in yyyy-MM-dd
I need to compare it and get age result.
Problem is that Ia have an error in NSDateComponents string.
NSDate *date1 = [NSDate date];
NSDate *date2temp = uBirthdate;
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:#"yyyy-MM-dd"];
NSString *dateString = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:date2temp];
[dateString stringByAppendingString:#" 21:00:00 +0000"];
NSDate *date2 = [dateFormatter dateFromString:dateString];
NSCalendar *calendar = [NSCalendar currentCalendar];
NSDateComponents *components = [calendar components:NSYearCalendarUnit fromDate:date2 toDate:date1 options:0];
NSInteger editedAge = components.year;
NSLog(#"%d ", editedAge);
It will be better to cut off '21:00:00 +0000' from date1, but I do not know how can I do it
In short words I plan to get current dateTime, change the time and make it local to Malaysia Time by applying +0800 to timezone.
The result is unexpected :
-(NSDate *)departureDateTime
{
NSDate *date = [NSDate date];
NSCalendar *gregorian = [[NSCalendar alloc] initWithCalendarIdentifier: NSGregorianCalendar];
NSDateComponents *components = [gregorian components: NSUIntegerMax fromDate: date];
[components setHour: 7];
[components setMinute: 59];
[components setSecond: 17];
NSDate *newDate = [gregorian dateFromComponents: components];
NSDateFormatter *dateFormat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormat setDateFormat:#"yyyy-mm-dd HH:mm:ss Z"];
[dateFormat setLocale:[NSLocale currentLocale]];
NSString *newDateString = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#",newDate];
NSString *maskString = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#", [newDateString substringToIndex:20]];
NSString *append = [maskString stringByAppendingString:#"+0800"];
NSLog(#"%#",append);
NSDate *finalLocalDate = [dateFormat dateFromString:append];
return finalLocalDate;
}
Results :
for NSLog Append : 2013-12-07 23:59:17 +0800
but finalLocalDate : 2013-01-07 15:59:17 +0000
Found the answer with much shorter solution, so I posted here in case it helps anyone in future.
for returning, the problem was different time zones so by adding this line of
[components setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneForSecondsFromGMT:(+0*3600) ] ];
we set the timezone to system time zone then we remove unnecessary codes :
-(NSDate *)departureDateTime
{
NSDate *date = [NSDate date];
NSCalendar *gregorian = [[NSCalendar alloc] initWithCalendarIdentifier: NSGregorianCalendar];
NSDateComponents *components = [gregorian components: NSUIntegerMax fromDate: date];
[components setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneForSecondsFromGMT:(+0*3600) ] ];
[components setHour: 7];
[components setMinute: 59];
[components setSecond: 17];
NSDate *newDate = [gregorian dateFromComponents: components];
NSLog(#"%#",newDate);
return newDate;
}
Correct Result : 2013-12-08 07:59:17 +0000
try this:
NSTimeInterval now = [[NSDate date] timeIntervalSince1970];
NSDate *malaysianTime = [NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSince1970:now+(8*60*60)]; //8h in seconds
If your computer is running in the correct timezone don't set a timezone.
Create your newDate value and then --
NSDateFormatter* fmt = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[fmt setDateFormat:#"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss Z"];
NSString* printableDate = [fmt stringFromDate:newDate];
NSLog(#"The date is %#", printableDate);
Only set a timezone (in both NSCalendar and NSDateFormatter) if the desired timezone is not the one your computer/phone is currently using.
Note that if you NSLog newDate directly it will print in GMT timezone. This is the way it's supposed to be -- you always use NSDateFormatter for a printable date. When you NSLog an NSDate directly you get GMT, by design.
If I have a string representing a time, say "10:45 am", and do the following to parse the string:
NSDateFormatter *dateFormat;
dateFormat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormat setDateFormat:#"h:mm a"];
NSLog(#"%#", [dateFormat dateFromString:#"10:45 AM"]);
I would get this logged:
2013-09-09 17:52:30.416 TimeTest[49491:a0b] 2000-01-01 15:45:00 +0000
How can I create an NSDate for the current day at the given time? I tried this
NSDate *date = [NSDate date];
NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[formatter setDateFormat:#"h:mm a"];
NSDate *time = [formatter dateFromString:#"10:45 AM"];
NSDateComponents *timeComponents = [[NSCalendar currentCalendar] components:(NSHourCalendarUnit | NSMinuteCalendarUnit ) fromDate:time];
NSDateComponents *dateComponents = [[NSCalendar currentCalendar] components:(NSYearCalendarUnit | NSMonthCalendarUnit | NSDayCalendarUnit) fromDate:date];
NSDateComponents *newComponents = [[NSDateComponents alloc]init];
newComponents.timeZone = [NSTimeZone systemTimeZone];
[newComponents setDay:[dateComponents year]];
[newComponents setMonth:[dateComponents month]];
[newComponents setYear:[dateComponents year]];
[newComponents setHour:[timeComponents hour]];
[newComponents setMinute:[timeComponents minute]];
NSCalendar *gregorianCalendar = [[NSCalendar alloc] initWithCalendarIdentifier:NSGregorianCalendar];
NSDate *combinedDate = [gregorianCalendar dateFromComponents:newComponents];
NSLog(#"%#", combinedDate);
with the result
2013-09-09 19:57:14.506 TimeTest[49712:a0b] 2019-03-06 15:45:00 +0000
How should I go about this?
I'm not exactly sure what you are looking for. For what I understand, you want to build a date with the current year, month and day, but with your supplied time by parsing it from a string.
If that is the case, as others have pointed out, you need to play with NSDateComponents.
Based on your code I wrote these lines. They should build a date by merging two dates. The current one and the one you parsed.
// Get the full current date
NSDate *date = [NSDate date];
// Get the current calendar
NSCalendar *calendar = [NSCalendar currentCalendar];
// Split the date into components but only take the year, month and day and leave the rest behind
NSDateComponents *dateComponents = [calendar components:(NSYearCalendarUnit | NSMonthCalendarUnit | NSDayCalendarUnit) fromDate:date];
// Build the date formatter
NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[formatter setDateFormat:#"h:mm a"];
// Convert the string time into an NSDate
NSDate *time = [formatter dateFromString:#"10:45 AM"];
// Split this one in components as well but take the time part this time
NSDateComponents *timeComponents = [[NSCalendar currentCalendar] components:(NSHourCalendarUnit | NSMinuteCalendarUnit ) fromDate:time];
// Do some merging between the two date components
dateComponents.hour = timeComponents.hour;
dateComponents.minute = timeComponents.minute;
// Extract the NSDate object again
NSDate *result = [calendar dateFromComponents:dateComponents];
// Check if this was what you where looking for
NSLog(#"%#",result);
Please be aware that this sample code is by far non-optimized. There are more crisp ways to obtain what you are looking for by using time intervals, but I felt like you wanted a dirty simple example on how to do components copy and paste and then extracting dates.
This will create a date for the beginning of the day in the current time zone.
NSDate *today = [NSDate date];
NSTimeInterval interval;
NSCalendar *cal = [NSCalendar currentCalendar];
[cal rangeOfUnit:NSDayCalendarUnit
startDate:&today
interval:&interval
forDate:today];
Now we add the time:
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
// I have to set the locale to posix_en_us, as my system is using 24hour style as default
dateFormatter.locale = [[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:#"en_US_POSIX"];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:#"hh:mm a"];
NSDate *time = [dateFormatter dateFromString:#"10:45 AM"];
NSDateComponents *comps = [cal components:(NSHourCalendarUnit | NSMinuteCalendarUnit)
fromDate:time];
NSDate *dateAndTime = [cal dateByAddingComponents:comps
toDate:today
options:0];
dateAndTime will now be todays date with 10:45 am in the local timezone.
controlling in the debugger:
po dateAndTime
$0 = 0x41b7df138c00000d 2013-09-10 08:45:00 +0000
This is correct, as my timezone is 2 hours ahead to GMT, as we still have summer time.