Thanks. I've switched to just using a stringWithFormat: with CFGregorianDate. Just simpler overall :)
On Aug 10, 2012, at 9:28 AM, Philippe Marsteau <marst...@gmail.com> wrote: > Seems like a iOS bug: > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/143075/nsdateformatter-am-i-doing-something-wrong-or-is-this-a-bug > > Maybe you could be more permissive when filtering file names knowing > that issue? iOS 6 might fix it but I haven't seen official defect > though. Or you could use plain C function (works in objective C) > instead of NSDateFormatter which should be fine for string > manipulation in log files. > > Let me know if it helps. > Philippe > > > On 2012-08-09, at 20:15, Alex Kac <a...@webis.net> wrote: > >> Correct - the AM/PM text in there causes it to fail. The question is - why >> is it doing that? I see explicitly in our code we're setting the format we >> want the text to be made: >> >> //rename our sqlite file >> //basically, we tack on a date & time to the current file name >> NSString *fileExtension = [[self coreDataStorePath] pathExtension]; >> NSDateFormatter *fileArchiveDateFormat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init]; >> [fileArchiveDateFormat setDateFormat: @"yyyyMMdd_HHmmss"]; >> NSString *newPath = [[[[self coreDataStorePath] >> stringByDeletingPathExtension] stringByAppendingString: >> [fileArchiveDateFormat stringFromDate:[NSDate date]]] >> stringByAppendingPathExtension: fileExtension]; >> [fileArchiveDateFormat release]; >> >> >> So if we do that - why in the world is it overriding that and doing >> something else? >> >> On Aug 4, 2012, at 3:50 PM, Philippe Marsteau <marst...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> See other email containing backup file created from the app and listed >>> in the log file. >>> >>> My problem from start to finish is: issue with backup restore function >>> filtering out backup files created within the app. >>> >>> I wonder if the time format (not 24h format) introducing space in file >>> name causes the issue to filter out all files. >>> <000_log.txt><001_log.txt> >> >> Alex Kac - President and Founder >> Web Information Solutions, Inc. >> >> "The person who is not hungry says that the coconut has a hard shell." >> -- African Tribal Saying >> >> >> >> >> >> Alex Kac - President and Founder Web Information Solutions, Inc. "Patience is the companion of wisdom." --Anonymous _______________________________________________ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
