Actually, there is one line that is relevant, so here it is. In iOS, NSDateComponents objects can contain a calendar, a timezone, and a date object. You can therefore store the calendar along with the components. If you use the date method of the NSDateComponents class to access the date, make sure that the associated timezone is up-to-date.
On Jul 30, 2014, at 2:43 PM, Alex Zavatone wrote: > Have you checked out NSDateComponents and NSTimeZone, Jens? > > There is a section in the Xcode help that mentions "Creating Dates with Time > Zones" and if you search the help, for that string, you should be able to > find that. > > > > On Jul 30, 2014, at 2:24 PM, Jens Alfke wrote: > >> After NSDateFormatter parses a date string that includes a time zone, how >> can the caller determine the time zone? The result is an NSDate object, >> which is simply a timestamp with no notion of time zone. >> >> For example, how does one determine from the string "Wed, 30 Jul 2014 >> 08:21:35 -0700” that the time zone is GMT-7:00? >> >> (IIRC, in the olden days NSDateFormatter would return an NSCalendarDate >> object, which did have a timeZone property, but no more.) >> >> —Jens >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) >> >> 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/zav%40mac.com >> >> This email sent to [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) > > 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/zav%40mac.com > > This email sent to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) 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 [email protected]
