Example of using NSDateFormatter for answer to http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23700556/getting-a-date-from-string-objective-c/23700701

DateFormatterExample

/* Written for answer to http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23700556/getting-a-date-from-string-objective-c/23700701
Compile and run like so:
$> clang DateFormatterExample.m -ObjC -std=c99 -fobjc-arc -framework Foundation
$> ./a.out
*/

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
	@autoreleasepool {

		NSString *sDate = @"2014-05-16T16:15:07+01:00";

		NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
		[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZZZZZ"];
		NSDate *result = [dateFormatter dateFromString:sDate];

		NSLog(@"result: %@", result); //result: 2014-05-16 15:15:07 +0000

	}
}