ios - NSDateFormatter cant parse German date -

i try make nsdateformatter set locale german, fails. in code below, while datefrom parsed, dateto not.

note: in german februar, not february.

nslocale *germanlocale = [[nslocale alloc] initwithlocaleidentifier:@"de_de"]; nsstring *formatstring = [nsdateformatter dateformatfromtemplate:@"dd. mmmm" options:0                                                           locale:germanlocale];  nsdateformatter *dateformat = [[nsdateformatter alloc] init]; [dateformat setdateformat:formatstring]; nsdate *datefrom = [dateformat datefromstring:@"20. september"]; nsdate *dateto = [dateformat datefromstring:@"20. februar"]; 

try setting locale of nsdateformatter:

nsdateformatter *dateformat = [[nsdateformatter alloc] init]; dateformat.locale = germanlocale; [dateformat setdateformat:@"dd. mmmm"]; nsdate *datefrom = [dateformat datefromstring:@"20. september"]; nsdate *dateto = [dateformat datefromstring:@"20. februar"];