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iOS: Create a NSDate from NSString
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ios_date_from_string.h
-(NSDate *)dateFromString:(NSString *)dateString;
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ios_date_from_string.m
// Usage NSDate *dateOfBirth = [dateUtil dateFromString:@"1960-02-15"];
-(NSDate *)dateFromString:(NSString *)dateString
{
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc]init];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd"];
[dateFormatter setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneForSecondsFromGMT:0]];
NSDate *date = [dateFormatter dateFromString:dateString];
return date;
}
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