How to parse date string with this format (Ex: 2012-04-12T14:23:23)

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How to parse date string with this format (Ex: 2012-04-12T14:23:23).
I try with this format string but It's wrong: yyyy-MM-ddThh:mm:ss.
Please help!

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 12 '12 at 14:10

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You should escape the letter T:

formatter.dateFormat = @"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss";

answered Apr 12 '12 at 14:10

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 12 '12 at 14:13

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NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[[NSDateFormatter alloc] init] autorelease];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss"];

NSDate *formattedDate = [dateFormatter dateFromString:@"2008-12-3T22:11:30"];

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score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:56

That's ISO 8601 date format. So, the best way to do this is with a specific date parser that will make life easy for you.

That can be found here http://boredzo.org/iso8601parser/.

Also, have a search on "ISO 8601". You'll find plenty of resources and example, e.g.

What's the right way to parse an ISO8601 date in cocoa?

Is there a simple way of converting an ISO8601 timestamp to a formatted NSDate?

How to parse date string with this format (Ex: 2012-04-12T14:23:23)

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