format a NSDate to DDMMYYYY?

Question

I have to send a DDMMYYY date from a Date to communicate with an API.

NSDateComponents *dateComponents; NSCalendar *gregorian; NSDate *date;

gregorian = [[NSCalendar alloc] initWithCalendarIdentifier:NSGregorianCalendar];

dateComponents = [[NSDateComponents alloc] init];
self.date = [gregorian dateByAddingComponents:dateComponents toDate:[NSDate date] options:0];

Do I have to use the [dateComponents day] and so on? is there some method that can help me to performing that task like in PHP?

visakh7 · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-22T11:02:52.857

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Try this

NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"ddMMyyyy"];
NSString *textDate = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",[dateFormatter stringFromDate:[NSDate date]]];
NSLog(@"Date %@",textDate);
[dateFormatter release];

edited Jan 22 '13 at 11:02

answered May 05 '11 at 07:38

visakh7

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There is missing semi-colon ; at the end of the NSLog statement, but otherwise works perfect! – jsherk Dec 12 '12 at 00:00

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 05 '11 at 07:35

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Just:

  NSDateFormatter *outputFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
  [outputFormatter setDateFormat:@"ddMMyyyy"];
  NSString *textDate = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",[outputFormatter stringFromDate:[NSDate date]]];
  [outputFormatter release];

edited May 05 '11 at 07:35

Nick Forge

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answered May 05 '11 at 07:34

Ruben Marin

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered May 05 '11 at 07:37

Try this code:

NSDateFormatter* dateFormatter = [[[NSDateFormatter alloc] init] autorelease];
[dateFormatter setLocale:[[[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:@"en_US_POSIX"] autorelease]];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"ddMMyyyy"];
NSDate *current = [NSDate date];
NSString *currentstring = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:current]

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered May 05 '11 at 07:43

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    NSDate *date=[NSDate date];
    NSDateFormatter *formatter=[[NSDateFormatter alloc]init];
    [formatter setDateFormat:@"ddMMyyyy"];
    NSString *dateOfGame =[formatter stringFromDate:date];
    [formatter release];

answered May 05 '11 at 07:43

Gypsa

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finally that sounds not hard, but I had to know all the possibilities of the language... hum :-) – clement May 05 '11 at 07:48
all the possibilities of the language ?? It is not understood to me – Gypsa May 05 '11 at 08:00

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered May 05 '11 at 07:40

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Try this:

NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[[NSDateFormatter alloc] init] autorelease];

[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"ddMMyyyy"];

NSLog(@"%@", [dateFormatter stringFromDate:[NSDate date]]);

answered May 05 '11 at 07:40

Nick Weaver

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Mehul Mistri · Answer 6 · 2012-07-04T04:47:03.170

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Agree With Ruben Esposito

Just change your code like this.

NSDateFormatter *dtFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc]init];
[dtFormatter setDateFormat:@"ddMMyyyy"];    
NSString *strDate = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",[dtFormatter stringFromDate:[NSDate date]]];
[dtFormatter release];
NSLog(@"%@",strDate);

edited Jul 04 '12 at 04:47

answered May 05 '11 at 07:50

Mehul Mistri

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