Remove +0000 From Date Picker

Question

I got a Issue i am using this code in 'View did Load' and DateText is the UIOutlet of Text Field

[datePicker setDate:[NSDate date]];
[datePicker addTarget:self action:@selector(updateTextField:)    forControlEvents:UIControlEventAllTouchEvents];
[self.DateText setInputView:datePicker];

[datePicker addTarget:self action:@selector(updateTextField:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventValueChanged];

and

-(void)updateTextField:(id)sender
{
UIDatePicker *picker = (UIDatePicker*)self.DateText.inputView;
self.DateText.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",picker.date];
}

and the Ouptut i am getting in the TextField(DepartureDateText) is

2013-06-13 07:38:22 +0000

Can anyone Suggest me how can i get rid of +0000 and also what Does +0000 indicate.

Answer 1

You should use a NSDateFormatter to change the NSDate to the local date time representation:

-(void)updateTextField:(id)sender {
    UIDatePicker *picker = (UIDatePicker*)self.DateText.inputView;
    self.DateText.text = [NSDateFormatter localizedStringFromDate:picker.date dateStyle:NSDateFormatterMediumStyle timeStyle:NSDateFormatterMediumStyle];;
}

I highly recommend using NSDateFormatter with the NSDateFormatterStyle to represent your dates. This will format the date the way the user wants it.

Answer 2

By using dateFormatter you can do anything with your date;

    NSDateFormatter *myDateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
    myDateFormatter.dateFormat = @"yyyy-MM-dd hh-MM-ss";

    NSString *todayString = [myDateFormatter stringFromDate: datePicker.date];