How to handle different date time formats using NSDateFormatter

Question

I have a String with a datetime format: \"YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS\".

I use this in my source code:

NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[[NSDateFormatter alloc]         


        

Answer 1

A date formatter can only handle one format at a time. You need to take this approach:

NSDateFormatter *f = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[f setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"];
NSDate *date = [f dateFromString:@"2010-01-10 13:55:15"];

NSDateFormatter *f2 = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[f2 setDateFormat:@"d. MMMM YYYY"];
NSString *s = [f2 stringFromDate:date];

s will now be "10. January 2010"