my code is like this NSString *tempDate = [NSString stringWithString:tempReviewData.pubDate]; NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init]; [dateFormatter setDateStyle:NSDateFormatterLongStyle]; [dateFormatter setTimeStyle:NSDateFormatterNoStyle]; [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"HH:mm a"]; NSDate *newDate = [dateFormatter dateFromString:tempReviewData.pubDate]; My newDate is getting nil at this point i dont know why