How to get the time in am/pm format iphone NSDateFormatter?

Question

Am working in an iPhone app with using the NSDateFormatter. Am getting the time from the webservice like \"00:00:00\", \"16:00:00\",\"15:30:00\" and so on. I ne

Answer 1

This Below code always keep in 12hour format:

NSLocale *12hourFomrat = [[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:@"en_US_POSIX"];
df.locale = 12hourFomrat;

This always keep in 24 hour format

NSLocale *24hourFormat = [[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:@"en_GB"];
df.locale = 24hourFormat

Answer 2

Hope someone would be helpful who would like to get it in Swift

Swift 5.1+

let dateFormatter = DateFormatter()
//if you want 12AM,5PM then use "hh mm a"
//if you want 00AM,17PM then use "HH mm a"
dateFormatter.dateFormat = "hh mm a"
let stringDate = dateFormatter.string(from: Date())
print(stringDate)