have you tried it on your device? On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 11:26 AM, David Rowland <rowla...@sbcglobal.net>wrote:
> The SeismicXML sample code uses NSXMLParser to extract data from a file > downloaded from the USGS. The time of an event appears in the file like > this, > .....12:34:32Z.... > > According to rfc 822 'Z' means UTC (or GMT if you prefer). > > I find that the NSDate from the parser is tagged as being in the Pacific > time zone, my local time zone, while the hours are correct for UTC. That > makes it 8 hours off for standard time. > > The parser is told that the date format is, > [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss"]; > which seems to ignore the Z and impose local time. > > I have tried several variations on that formatting string. They all fail to > deliver UTC. > > [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd' 'HH:mm:ssz"]; //says PDT > [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd' 'HH:mm:ssZ"]; //says -0700 > [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd' 'HH:mm:sszz"]; //says PDT > [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd' 'HH:mm:ss"]; //says nothing > but still thinks its PDT > > No doubt my inexperience with the parser or NSDate is at fault. How do I > get the parser to recognize that the time really is UTC? > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/chunk1978%40gmail.com > > This email sent to chunk1...@gmail.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: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
