How do I get the current date in Cocoa

Question

I\'m getting started developing for the iPhone and as such I am looking at different tutorials online as well as trying some different things out myself. Currently, I\'m try

Answer 1

You can also use:

CFGregorianDate currentDate = CFAbsoluteTimeGetGregorianDate(CFAbsoluteTimeGetCurrent(), CFTimeZoneCopySystem());
countdownLabel.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%02d:%02d:%02.0f", currentDate.hour, currentDate.minute, currentDate.second];
CFRelease(currentDate); // Don't forget this! VERY important

I think this has the following advantages:

2. No direct memory allocation.
3. Seconds is a double instead of an integer.
4. No message calls.
5. Faster.