Format "1/31/2016 5:53:21 AM" to "31 Jan'16" in iOS

Question

I am getting date from json in format "1/31/2016 5:53:21 AM" & i want to convert it to the format "31 Jan'16"...

I tried this code..

myDate=@"01/31/2016 05:53:21 AM";
NSDateFormatter* dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
dateFormatter.dateFormat = @"dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss tt";
NSDate *dtNew = [dateFormatter dateFromString:myDate];
dateFormatter.dateFormat = @"dd MMM'YY";
NSLog(@"%@",[dateFormatter stringFromDate:yourDate]);

but myDate string can't convert to NSDate. & dtNew comes nil.

Anyone can help?

Thanks in advance.!!!

Possible duplicate of [NSDate and NSDateFormatter - short format date and time in iphone sdk](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/936969/nsdate-and-nsdateformatter-short-format-date-and-time-in-iphone-sdk) — Vizllx, Feb 02 '16 at 05:26

Anbu.Karthik · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-02T05:41:51.860

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try this

 NSDateFormatter* dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
                          // "1/31/2016 5:53:21 AM" // initial date
dateFormatter.dateFormat = @"MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss a";
NSDate *dtNew = [dateFormatter dateFromString:@"1/31/2016 5:53:21 AM"];
                          // 31 Jan'16 // second date
dateFormatter.dateFormat = @"dd MMM''yy";
NSLog(@"%@",[dateFormatter stringFromDate:dtNew]);

final output is

edited Feb 02 '16 at 05:41

answered Feb 02 '16 at 05:22

Anbu.Karthik

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@technerd -- tanx buddy I missed the **'** in dateformat, now I fixed check once – Anbu.Karthik Feb 02 '16 at 05:42

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 02 '16 at 05:39

Try this, you should use format ending 'a' and double ' to escape it.

NSString *myDate=@"01/31/2016 05:53:21 AM";
NSDateFormatter* dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss a"];
NSDate *dtNew = [dateFormatter dateFromString:myDate];
dateFormatter.dateFormat = @"dd MMM''yy";
NSLog(@"%@",[dateFormatter stringFromDate:dtNew]);

Format "1/31/2016 5:53:21 AM" to "31 Jan'16" in iOS

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