On iOS5 simulator and device, NSDateFormatter doesn't show time zone abbreviation for "Asia/Kolkata" for the "z" or "zzz" specifier.
NSTimeZone *timeZone = [NSTimeZone timeZoneWithName:@"Asia/Kolkata"]; NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[[NSDateFormatter alloc] init] autorelease]; dateFormatter.dateFormat = @"z"; // or @"zzz" dateFormatter.timeZone = timeZone; NSLog(@"date string: %@", [dateFormatter stringFromDate:[NSDate date]]); // "GMT+05:30", expected "IST" NSLog(@"time zone abbreviation: %@", [timeZone abbreviationForDate:[NSDate date]]); // "IST" I expect the above code to output IST IST but it outputs GMT+05:30 IST Is this a bug? Am I doing something wrong? People have mentioned that NSDateFormatter has bugs, especially when a time zone is specified in the format string. Could this be one of those bugs?[1] [1] http://stackoverflow.com/a/838934/9636 -Heath Borders heath.bord...@gmail.com Twitter: heathborders http://heath-tech.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
