Parse date string with NSDateFormatter with month begins from 0 - objective-c

Question

I can't parse this date string: #"2002 0 20", where 0 is January (First month in year is 0, not 1).
Can I use NSDateFormatter to parse this string?
Here http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr35/tr35-31/tr35-dates.html#Parsing_Dates_Times I've read that month should starts on 1.
UPDATE
I need this formatter because I have much data in this format (it is not my data).
I've not found any solution with NSDateFormatter without creating a subclass and overriding format methods.
I don't use NSScan, because it is a too complicated solution, but I think #Andy is right.
I use this code to parse the string:
- (BOOL)getObjectValue:(out __autoreleasing id *)obj forString:(NSString *)string range:
(inout NSRange *)rangep error:(out NSError *__autoreleasing *)error
{
int year = 0;
int month = -1;
int day = -1;
int coutRead = sscanf([string cStringUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding], "Date.UTC(%i, %i, %i)", &year, &month, &day);
BOOL result = NO;
if (coutRead == 3)
{
NSDateComponents* components = [[NSDateComponents alloc] init];
components.year = year;
components.month = month + 1;
components.day = day;
*obj = [self.calendar dateFromComponents:components];
result = YES;
}
else
{
obj = 0;
*rangep = NSMakeRange(NSNotFound, 0);
result = NO;
}
return result;
}

Answer 1

Try this:
NSDateFormatter* formatter = [NSDateFormatter new];
formatter.timeZone = [NSTimeZone timeZoneWithName:#"UTC"];
formatter.shortMonthSymbols = #[#"0", #"1", #"2", #"3", #"4", #"5", #"6", #"7", #"8", #"9", #"10", #"11"];
formatter.dateFormat = #"yyyy MMM dd"; // Note 3 Ms for "short month" format
NSDate* theDate = [formatter dateFromString:#"2002 0 20"];
Result:
2002-01-20 00:00:00 +0000

Answer 2

No you can't. Parse manually.
At your disposal:
You have NSString that can split string on substrings array using custom delimiter, white space in your case. For example:
-(NSArray*)componentsSeparatedByString:(NSString *)separator
NSScanner that you can use to read integers directly from string.
Documentation is straightforward and comprehensive.