A2 Apps » NSDateFormatter http://a2apps.com.au Sun, 10 Mar 2013 08:52:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Helper method to convert an NSDate to string http://a2apps.com.au/helper-method-to-convert-an-nsdate-to-string/ http://a2apps.com.au/helper-method-to-convert-an-nsdate-to-string/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:58:52 +0000 admin http://a2apps.com.au/?p=83
...read more]]> For performance reasons we only create the formatter object once, and just reuse it afterwards. The formatter style can be easily tailored by duplicating the method and changing its options; we keep the method’s name as descriptive as possible of the conversion to be done. It is also a good idea to keep this in a category on NSString.


+ (NSString*)dateAsFullDateTime:(NSDate*)date;
{
  static NSDateFormatter * formatter = nil;
  if (formatter == nil) {
    formatter = [[NSDateFormatter  alloc] init];
    [formatter setDateStyle:NSDateFormatterFullStyle];
    [formatter setTimeStyle:NSDateFormatterLongStyle];
    [formatter setDoesRelativeDateFormatting:NO];
  }
  return [formatter stringFromDate:date];
}
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