NSDateFormatter* df = [[NSDateFormatter alloc]init];
[df setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ"];
NSString* str = @"2009-08-11T06:00:00.000Z";
NSDate* date = [df dateFromString:str];

NSDateFormatter* df = [[NSDateFormatter alloc]init];
[df setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ"];
NSString* str = @"2009-08-11T06:00:00.000-0700";   // NOTE -0700 is the only change
NSDate* date = [df dateFromString:str];

NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
                                  // 2013-11-18T23:00:00.324Z
                                  [formatter setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone localTimeZone]];
                                  [formatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZZZZZ"];
                                  return formatter;

[df setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'"];

NSDateFormatter * formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[formatter setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneForSecondsFromGMT:0]];
[formatter setLocale:[NSLocale systemLocale]];
[formatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'"];

NSDate * value = [formatter dateFromString:@"2012-03-01T23:08:25.000Z"];
NSLog(@"%@", value); // prints 2012-03-01 23:08:25 +0000

+ (NSDate*)getDateFromUTCDateTimeString:(NSString*)dateString {

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

[isoDateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'"];

[isoDateFormatter setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone  timeZoneWithAbbreviation:@"UTC"]];

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

[userFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"];

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

[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"];

[dateFormatter setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone  timeZoneWithAbbreviation:@"UTC"]];

NSDate *date = [isoDateFormatter dateFromString:dateString];

return [dateFormatter dateFromString:[userFormatter stringFromDate:date]];

-(NSDate*)dateFromZulu:(NSString*)str {
    if (str == nil) {
        NSLog(@"Error getting date");
        return [NSDate date];
    }

    NSDateFormatter *f = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
    [f setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss Z"];
    NSDate *ret = [f dateFromString:[str stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"Z" withString:@" +0000"]];
    [f release];

    if (ret == nil) {
        ret = [NSDate date];
        NSLog(@"Error formatting date (%@)",str);
    }
    return ret;
}