On Jul 30, 2014, at 12:24 PM, Jens Alfke <[email protected]> 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.)
If you drop down to C you could use strptime() to get a struct tm that has the tm_zone member for time zone string. It might also have a tm_gmtoff member, which shows the UTF offset in seconds. As mentioned previously, you may not get a correct time zone for a GMT offset. HTH, Keary Suska Esoteritech, Inc. "Demystifying technology for your home or business" _______________________________________________ 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]
