iOS: Convert UTC NSDate to local Timezone

Question

How do I convert a UTC NSDate to local timezone NSDate in Objective C or/and Swift?

Answer 1

EDIT When i wrote this I didn't know I should use a dateformatter which is probably a better approach, so check out slf's answer too.

I have a webservice that returns dates in UTC. I use toLocalTime to convert it to local time and toGlobalTime to convert back if needed.

This is where I got my answer from:

https://agilewarrior.wordpress.com/2012/06/27/how-to-convert-nsdate-to-different-time-zones/

@implementation NSDate(Utils)

-(NSDate *) toLocalTime
{
  NSTimeZone *tz = [NSTimeZone defaultTimeZone];
  NSInteger seconds = [tz secondsFromGMTForDate: self];
  return [NSDate dateWithTimeInterval: seconds sinceDate: self];
}

-(NSDate *) toGlobalTime
{
  NSTimeZone *tz = [NSTimeZone defaultTimeZone];
  NSInteger seconds = -[tz secondsFromGMTForDate: self];
  return [NSDate dateWithTimeInterval: seconds sinceDate: self];
}

@end

Answer 2

The easiest method I've found is this:

NSDate *someDateInUTC = …;
NSTimeInterval timeZoneSeconds = [[NSTimeZone localTimeZone] secondsFromGMT];
NSDate *dateInLocalTimezone = [someDateInUTC dateByAddingTimeInterval:timeZoneSeconds];

Answer 3

You can try this one:

NSDate *currentDate = [[NSDate alloc] init];
NSTimeZone *timeZone = [NSTimeZone defaultTimeZone];
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setDateStyle:NSDateFormatterLongStyle];
[dateFormatter setTimeStyle:NSDateFormatterLongStyle];
[dateFormatter setTimeZone:timeZone];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"ZZZ"];
NSString *localDateString = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:currentDate];
NSMutableString *mu = [NSMutableString stringWithString:localDateString];
[mu insertString:@":" atIndex:3];
 NSString *strTimeZone = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"(GMT%@)%@",mu,timeZone.name];
 NSLog(@"%@",strTimeZone);

Answer 4

Convert UTC time to current time zone.

call function

NSLocale *locale = [NSLocale autoupdatingCurrentLocale];

NSString *myLanguageCode = [locale objectForKey: NSLocaleLanguageCode];
NSString *myCountryCode = [locale objectForKey: NSLocaleCountryCode];

NSString *rfc3339DateTimeString = @"2015-02-15 00:00:00"];
NSDate *myDateTime = (NSDate*)[_myCommonFunctions _ConvertUTCTimeToLocalTimeWithFormat:rfc3339DateTimeString LanguageCode:myLanguageCode CountryCode:myCountryCode Formated:NO];

Function

-NSObject*)_ConvertUTCTimeToLocalTimeWithFormat:rfc3339DateTimeString     LanguageCode:(NSString *)lgc CountryCode:(NSString *)ctc Formated:(BOOL) formated
{
    NSDateFormatter *sUserVisibleDateFormatter = nil;
    NSDateFormatter *sRFC3339DateFormatter = nil;

    NSTimeZone *timeZone = [NSTimeZone defaultTimeZone];

    if (sRFC3339DateFormatter == nil)
    {
        sRFC3339DateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];

        NSLocale *myPOSIXLocale = [[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@", timeZone]];

        [sRFC3339DateFormatter setLocale:myPOSIXLocale];
        [sRFC3339DateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ss'Z'"];
        [sRFC3339DateFormatter setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneForSecondsFromGMT:0]];
    }

    // Convert the RFC 3339 date time string to an NSDate.
    NSDate *date = [sRFC3339DateFormatter dateFromString:rfc3339DateTimeString];

    if (formated == YES)
    {
        NSString *userVisibleDateTimeString;

        if (date != nil)
        {
            if (sUserVisibleDateFormatter == nil)
            {
                sUserVisibleDateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
                [sUserVisibleDateFormatter setDateStyle:NSDateFormatterMediumStyle];
                [sUserVisibleDateFormatter setTimeStyle:NSDateFormatterShortStyle];
            }

            // Convert the date object to a user-visible date string.
            userVisibleDateTimeString = [sUserVisibleDateFormatter stringFromDate:date];

            return (NSObject*)userVisibleDateTimeString;
        }
    }

    return (NSObject*)date;
}

Answer 5

Convert the date from the UTC calendar to one with the appropriate local NSTimeZone.

Answer 6

//This is basic way to get time of any GMT time.

NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[formatter setDateFormat:@"hh:mm a"];  // 09:30 AM
[formatter setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneForSecondsFromGMT:1]]; // For GMT+1
NSString *time = [formatter stringFromDate:[NSDate date]];  // Current time