I'm trying to get an NSDate in a format that can be accepted by the web services of my mobile app. The app is currently outputting in the format 2013-03-26 17:27:55
on older generation generation devices (iPhone 3GS, 4 and the iOS Simulator), where the 12-hour time appears in the format 5:27 PM in the status bar. This is fine, and it's the format that I need it to be in for the server.
My problem arises when using newer devices (including the iPhone 4S and the iPhone 5) where the 12-hour time appears in the format 5:27 p.m in the status bar. On these devices, the app outputs the in the format 2013-03-26 05:27:55 PM
. Here's a summary of the problem:
Web service accepts yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM:ss
iPhone 4 and earlier yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM:ss (correct)
iPhone 4s and later yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM:ss AM/PM (incorrect and rejected)
So, how can I get the outputted date on the 4S and later to be in 24-hour format when 24-hour time is OFF in the User's General Settings?
EDIT:
I'm using the following (NSDate *)getCurrentDate
method to try and modify the format of the NSDate object.
NSDate *currentDateAndTime = [[NSDate alloc] init];
NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[formatter setLocale:[[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:@"en_US"]];
[formatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"];
NSLog(@"AM Symbol: %@", formatter.AMSymbol);
NSLog(@"PM Symbol: %@", formatter.PMSymbol);
NSString *dateString = [formatter stringFromDate:currentDateAndTime];
NSDate *date = [formatter dateFromString:dateString];
NSLog(@"currentDate: %@ currentDateString: %@", date, dateString);
return [formatter dateFromString:[formatter stringFromDate:currentDateAndTime]];