DateFormatter
augusti 24, 2010DateFormatter can be hell. However….
| Character | Matches/Outputs | Multiples |
| y | Year | 1, 2 or 4 ‘y’s will show the value, 2 digit zero-padded value or 4 digit zero-padded value respectively |
| M | Month | 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 ‘M’s will show the value, 2 digit zero-padded value, short name, long name or initial letter months |
| d | Day of Month | 1 or 2 ‘d’s will show the value or 2 digit zero-padded value representation respectively. |
| E | Weekday | 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 ‘e’s will show the value weekday number, 2 digit zero-padded value weekday number, short name, long name or initial letter respectively. Weekday numbers starts on Sunday. Use lowercase ‘e’ for weekday numbers starting on Monday. |
| a | AM or PM | No repeat supported |
| h | Hour | 1 or 2 ‘h’s will show the value or 2 digit zero-padded value representation respectively. Use uppercase for 24 hour time. |
| m | Minute | 1 or 2 ‘m’s will show the value or 2 digit zero-padded value representation respectively. |
| s | Second | 1 or 2 ‘s’s will show the value or 2 digit zero-padded value representation respectively. |
| z | Timezone | 1, 2, 3 or 4 ‘z’s will show short acronym, short name, long acronym, long name respectively. Use uppercase to show GMT offset instead of name — 1 or 2 digit zero-padded values shows GMT or RFC 822 respectively. |
Ex.
[inputFormatter setDateFormat:@"MM/DD/YYYY h:m:s a"]; // 8/24/2010 8:00:00 AM
Then remember to do the outputformatter in the format you want.
//JFR
