parse a string as Date and Time in any format

parseDateAndTime.m

// parse a date and time 
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    @autoreleasepool{
        NSError *error = nil;

        if(argc != 2){
            return -1;
        }

        NSString *str = [NSString stringWithUTF8String: argv[1]];
        NSDataDetector *det = [NSDataDetector dataDetectorWithTypes: NSTextCheckingTypeDate error: &error];
        NSTextCheckingResult *match = [det firstMatchInString: str options: 0 range: NSMakeRange(0, [str length])];

        if(match){
            NSDate *date = [match date];
            NSLog(@"%@ → %@", str, date);
        }
    }

    return 0;
}