You can specify date format by a string and then you can get relatively good results.
For example:
NSDateFormatter *timeFormat = [[[NSDateFormatter alloc] init] autorelease];
[timeFormat setDateFormat:@"HH:mm:ss"];
NSString *theTime = [timeFormat stringFromDate:[datePickerView date]];
The only difference is when you use US settings the first day is Sunday for EU it is monday
bu you can handle that by NSCalendar firstWeekDay.
Hope it can help.
a: AM/PM
A: 0~86399999 (Millisecond of Day)
c/cc: 1~7 (Day of Week)
ccc: Sun/Mon/Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri/Sat
cccc: Sunday/Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday/Friday/Saturday
d: 1~31 (0 padded Day of Month)
D: 1~366 (0 padded Day of Year)
e: 1~7 (0 padded Day of Week)
E~EEE: Sun/Mon/Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri/Sat
EEEE: Sunday/Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday/Friday/Saturday
F: 1~5 (0 padded Week of Month, first day of week = Monday)
g: Julian Day Number (number of days since 4713 BC January 1)
G~GGG: BC/AD (Era Designator Abbreviated)
GGGG: Before Christ/Anno Domini
h: 1~12 (0 padded Hour (12hr))
H: 0~23 (0 padded Hour (24hr))
k: 1~24 (0 padded Hour (24hr)
K: 0~11 (0 padded Hour (12hr))
L/LL: 1~12 (0 padded Month)
LLL: Jan/Feb/Mar/Apr/May/Jun/Jul/Aug/Sep/Oct/Nov/Dec
LLLL: January/February/March/April/May/June/July/August/September/October/November/December
m: 0~59 (0 padded Minute)
M/MM: 1~12 (0 padded Month)
MMM: Jan/Feb/Mar/Apr/May/Jun/Jul/Aug/Sep/Oct/Nov/Dec
MMMM: January/February/March/April/May/June/July/August/September/October/November/December
q/qq: 1~4 (0 padded Quarter)
qqq: Q1/Q2/Q3/Q4
qqqq: 1st quarter/2nd quarter/3rd quarter/4th quarter
Q/QQ: 1~4 (0 padded Quarter)
QQQ: Q1/Q2/Q3/Q4
QQQQ: 1st quarter/2nd quarter/3rd quarter/4th quarter
s: 0~59 (0 padded Second)
S: (rounded Sub-Second)
u: (0 padded Year)
v~vvv: (General GMT Timezone Abbreviation)
vvvv: (General GMT Timezone Name)
w: 1~53 (0 padded Week of Year, 1st day of week = Sunday, NB: 1st week of year starts from the last Sunday of last year)
W: 1~5 (0 padded Week of Month, 1st day of week = Sunday)
y/yyyy: (Full Year)
yy/yyy: (2 Digits Year)
Y/YYYY: (Full Year, starting from the Sunday of the 1st week of year)
YY/YYY: (2 Digits Year, starting from the Sunday of the 1st week of year)
z~zzz: (Specific GMT Timezone Abbreviation)
zzzz: (Specific GMT Timezone Name)
Z: +0000 (RFC 822 Timezone)
Best Answer
I would try the following
NSDateFormatter
API instead:Like so:
That should give you the output you're looking for, tidy up the code a little, and keep you from having to manage some spurious memory.