tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-785895453418216075.post7234616854169606106..comments2023-08-23T09:18:07.636-07:00Comments on Tug's Blog: iOS 101: How to convert a String to a NSDateTug Grallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12028480831632266604noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-785895453418216075.post-77570584078088466302012-05-09T07:24:07.919-07:002012-05-09T07:24:07.919-07:00Thanks for this little tip, it did exactly what I ...Thanks for this little tip, it did exactly what I needed!Phil Ringsmuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02205194529764389753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-785895453418216075.post-30088317900111714192012-05-09T07:23:48.637-07:002012-05-09T07:23:48.637-07:00Thanks for this quick tip, it does exactly what I ...Thanks for this quick tip, it does exactly what I needed.Phil Ringsmuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02205194529764389753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-785895453418216075.post-37320725152256247652012-05-03T09:13:14.497-07:002012-05-03T09:13:14.497-07:00Thanks for the tips this was driving me crazy !Thanks for the tips this was driving me crazy !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-785895453418216075.post-50714478773747237742011-10-21T04:42:06.392-07:002011-10-21T04:42:06.392-07:00If you want to store these time in a database or s...If you want to store these time in a database or send it over the server...best is to use Unix timestamps. Here's a little snippet to get that:<br /><br />+ (NSTimeInterval)getUTCFormateDate{<br /> <br /> NSDateComponents *comps = [[NSCalendar currentCalendar] <br /> components:NSDayCalendarUnit | NSYearCalendarUnit | NSMonthCalendarUnit <br /> fromDate:[NSDate date]];<br /> [comps setHour:0];<br /> [comps setMinute:0]; <br /> [comps setSecond:[[NSTimeZone systemTimeZone] secondsFromGMT]];<br /> <br /> return [[[NSCalendar currentCalendar] dateFromComponents:comps] timeIntervalSince1970]; <br />}Zaki Shaheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07722036351618910833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-785895453418216075.post-2594911169619359832011-01-09T05:43:40.301-08:002011-01-09T05:43:40.301-08:00Thanks for the tip!Thanks for the tip!abdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14942041884081404614noreply@blogger.com