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

CFGregorianDate currentDate = CFAbsoluteTimeGetGregorianDate(CFAbsoluteTimeGetCurrent(), CFTimeZoneCopySystem());
countdownLabel.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%02d:%02d:%2.0f", currentDate.hour, currentDate.minute, currentDate.second];

Mark was right this code is MUCH more efficient to manage dates hours min and secs. But he forgot the @ at the beginning of format string declaration.