NSTimeInterval to HH:mm:ss?

Question

If I have an NSTimeInterval that is set to say 200.0, is there a way to convert that into 00:03:20, I was thinking I could initialise an NSDate with it and then use NSDateFo

Answer 1

Some extra lines of code, but I feel using NSDateComponents will give a more precise value.

- (NSString *)getTimeRepresentationFromDate:(NSDate *)iDate withTimeInterval:(NSTimeInterval)iTimeInterval {
    NSString *aReturnValue = nil;
    NSDate *aNewDate = [iDate dateByAddingTimeInterval:iTimeInterval]; 

    unsigned int theUnits = NSHourCalendarUnit | NSMinuteCalendarUnit | NSSecondCalendarUnit;
    NSCalendar *aCalender = [NSCalendar currentCalendar];
    NSDateComponents *aDateComponents = [aCalender components:theUnits fromDate:iDate toDate:aNewDate options:0];

    aReturnValue = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%d:%d:%d", [aDateComponents hour], [aDateComponents minute], [aDateComponents second]];

    return aReturnValue;
}