iOS: Date from string and string to date

String to date

- (NSDate*)_dateFromString:(NSString*)string

{

    [NSDateFormatter setDefaultFormatterBehavior:NSDateFormatterBehavior10_4];

    NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];

    [formatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ"];

    

    return [formatter dateFromString:string];

}

Date to string

- (NSString*)string

{

    NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];

    [formatter setDateFormat:@"MM-dd-yyyy"];

    

    //Optionally for time zone conversions

    [formatter setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneWithName:@"..."]];

    

    return [formatter stringFromDate:self];

}