On Feb 2, 2011, at 3:14 PM, lorenzo7...@gmail.com wrote:

> Here is the code I'm using to format a date string:
> 
> 
> NSDate *date = [NSDate date];
> 
> NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
> [dateFormatter setDateStyle:NSDateFormatterBehavior10_4];

The above should use -setFormatterBehavior:, not -setDateStyle:.

> [dateFormatter setDateStyle:NSDateFormatterShortStyle];
> // check placed here
> [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"EEE_MMM_dd_yyyy"];
> 
> NSString * filenameDate = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:date];
> 
> What I'm expecting is something like this:
> Tue_Feb_02_2011
> 
> What I'm getting is this:
> 02/02/2011
> 
> I even inserted this line just after the setDateFormat to see just what the 
> formatter would return as its format
> NSString * df = [dateFormatter dateFormat];
> 
> I get this back
> 02/02/2001
> 
> What gives? I've used NSDateFormatter before with no problems. I assume I've 
> missed something silly, but I just don't see it.

Regards,
Ken

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