NSDateformatter setDateFormat according to currentLocale

Question

I\'m going mad with, probably, a stupid problem.

I have 3 strings: year, month and day. I need to have a date in the right format based on currentLocale, so i.e. if curr

Answer 1

-(NSString *) stringFromDate:(NSDate *) date{

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

    [dateFormatter setTimeStyle:NSDateFormatterShortStyle];
    [dateFormatter setDateStyle:NSDateFormatterMediumStyle];

    [dateFormatter setLocale:[NSLocale currentLocale]];

    NSString *dateString = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:date];

    [dateFormatter release];

    return dateString;
}

-(NSDate *) dateFromString:(NSString *) dateInString{

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

    [dateFormatter setTimeStyle:NSDateFormatterShortStyle];
    [dateFormatter setDateStyle:NSDateFormatterMediumStyle];

    [dateFormatter setLocale:[NSLocale currentLocale]];

    NSDate *dateFromString = [dateFormatter dateFromString:dateInString];

    [dateFormatter release];

    return dateFromString;
}

I hope this helps.