Create a NSDate with a user selected time in objective c - objective-c

Question

int hour = [[array objectAtIndex:0] intValue]; //hour = 17
int min = [[array objectAtIndex:1] intValue]; //min = 51
NSLog(#"hour value is %d",hour);
NSLog(#"min value is %d",min);
NSDateComponents *components = [[NSCalendar currentCalendar] components:NSDayCalendarUnit | NSMonthCalendarUnit | NSYearCalendarUnit fromDate:[NSDate date]];
int year = [components year];
int month = [components month];
int day = [components day];
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc]init];
dateFormatter.timeStyle = NSDateFormatterNoStyle;
[components setYear:year];
[components setMonth:month];
[components setDay:day];
[components setHour:hour];
[components setMinute:min];
NSCalendar *cal = [[NSCalendar alloc] initWithCalendarIdentifier:NSGregorianCalendar] ;
NSDate *itemDate = [cal dateFromComponents:components];
NSLog(#"the date is %#",itemDate);
Output:
the date is 2012-11-03 01:00:00 +0000 . But i want the output to be 2012-11-03 17:51:00..how can i get it?What am i doing wrong?

Answer 1

It appears your issue is a simple matter of not realizing that the NSDate object will be created using your own current timezone but the NSLog will print out the NSDate description using UTC. Since you appear to be in PDT (it will be PST later this weekend when the clocks change in the USA), your NSLog should show the desired date/time but it will appear to be 7 hours (8 hours later this weekend) off.
To show your date in the local timezone, use an NSDateFormatter to convert the NSDate to an NSString.

Answer 2

NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:#"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"];
NSString *dateString = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:[NSDate date]];
NSLog(#"the date is %#", dateString);