Lorenzo: By deleting "setDateStyle", the following provided the result I believe you hoped for:
NSDate *now = [[NSDate alloc] init]; NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init]; [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"EEE_MMM_dd_yyyy"]; NSString *filenameDate = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:now]; NSLog(@"filenameDate: %@",filenameDate); [dateFormatter release]; [now release]; My console output: 2011-02-02 17:38:45.123 App[410:307] filenameDate: Wed_Feb_02_2011 Regards, Roger Dalal Assembled Apps On Feb 2, 2011, at 4:30 PM, lorenzo7...@gmail.com wrote: > On Feb 2, 2011 3:18pm, Ken Thomases <k...@codeweavers.com> wrote: >> 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 > > > > > Sorry, that was a typo: > This > > NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init]; > [dateFormatter setDateStyle:NSDateFormatterBehavior10_4]; > [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"EEE_MMM_dd_yyyy"]; > > NSString * filenameDate = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:date]; > > still produces > 02/02/2011 > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/roger.dalal%40gmail.com > > This email sent to roger.da...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
