Re: Obtain an NSDate object from any casually entered user string

2014-05-15 Thread Sean McBride
On Thu, 15 May 2014 07:53:01 -0500, Charles Srstka said: >> 3. But sometimes the date of NSDataDetector is 12h ahead (again >ignoring fractions of a second): >> >> "2014-05-15 07:52:18.658" → "2014-05-15 19:52:18 +0700" >> "2014-05-14 05:59:46.490 +0700" → "2014-05-14 17:59:46.490 +0700" >> >>

Re: Obtain an NSDate object from any casually entered user string

2014-05-15 Thread Charles Srstka
On May 15, 2014, at 8:03 AM, Gerriet M. Denkmann wrote: > I always use a 24-hour clock. Your users may not, though. In the US, at least, 24-hour clocks are definitely a minority. > Is there a way, to make NSDataDetector aware of this fact? Some options I > might set? NSDataDetector doesn't a

Re: Obtain an NSDate object from any casually entered user string

2014-05-15 Thread Gerriet M. Denkmann
On 15 May 2014, at 19:53, Charles Srstka wrote: > On May 14, 2014, at 10:38 PM, Gerriet M. Denkmann > wrote: > >> >> On 15 May 2014, at 02:00, Ken Thomases wrote: >> >>> >>> On May 14, 2014, at 8:41 AM, Jonathan Mitchell wrote: >>> Is there a way to obtain an NSDate object from a ca

Re: Obtain an NSDate object from any casually entered user string

2014-05-15 Thread Charles Srstka
On May 14, 2014, at 10:38 PM, Gerriet M. Denkmann wrote: > > On 15 May 2014, at 02:00, Ken Thomases wrote: > >> >> On May 14, 2014, at 8:41 AM, Jonathan Mitchell wrote: >> >>> Is there a way to obtain an NSDate object from a casually entered user >>> string, say: 1 1 2015 or 25 jul 15? >>>

Re: Obtain an NSDate object from any casually entered user string

2014-05-14 Thread Gerriet M. Denkmann
On 15 May 2014, at 02:00, Ken Thomases wrote: > > On May 14, 2014, at 8:41 AM, Jonathan Mitchell wrote: > >> Is there a way to obtain an NSDate object from a casually entered user >> string, say: 1 1 2015 or 25 jul 15? >> >> I have looked at the various NSDateFormatter and NSDate API and can

Re: Obtain an NSDate object from any casually entered user string

2014-05-14 Thread Ken Thomases
On May 14, 2014, at 8:41 AM, Jonathan Mitchell wrote: > Is there a way to obtain an NSDate object from a casually entered user > string, say: 1 1 2015 or 25 jul 15? > > I have looked at the various NSDateFormatter and NSDate API and cannot spot > what I am after. You might try NSDataDetector w

Re: Obtain an NSDate object from any casually entered user string

2014-05-14 Thread Jens Alfke
On May 14, 2014, at 6:41 AM, Jonathan Mitchell wrote: > Is there a way to obtain an NSDate object from a casually entered user > string, say: 1 1 2015 or 25 jul 15? There’s no easy way. You can create a whole bunch of format strings for every exact format you expect, and then try to parse the

Obtain an NSDate object from any casually entered user string

2014-05-14 Thread Jonathan Mitchell
Is there a way to obtain an NSDate object from a casually entered user string, say: 1 1 2015 or 25 jul 15? I have looked at the various NSDateFormatter and NSDate API and cannot spot what I am after. Jonathan ___ Cocoa-dev mailing list (