NSTimeInterval Formatting

Question

I want to take my NSTimeInterval and format it into a string as 00:00:00 (hours, minutes, seconds). What is the best way to do this?

Answer 1

NSTimeInterval interval = ...;    
NSDate *date = [NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSince1970:interval];    
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[[NSDateFormatter alloc] init] autorelease];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"HH:mm:ss"];
[dateFormatter setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneWithName:@"UTC"]];
NSString *formattedDate = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:date];
NSLog(@"hh:mm:ss %@", formattedDate);