Below functions takes the current date and time and formats it to give a date-time string.
You can customise it in the way you want.
The string that the below function generates will be like this – 23-Dec-2014 4:23 PM
//Get the current date...+(NSDate *) getCurrentDate{ NSDate *now = [NSDate date]; return now;}//Get the date and time in a formatted way...+(NSString *) getFormattedDateAndTime{ NSDate *now = [Global getCurrentDate]; int hour; NSString *am_pm; //Get calendar Instance NSCalendar *cal=[NSCalendar currentCalendar]; //optionally set the Locale //NSTimeZone *tz=[NSTimeZone timeZoneWithName:@"America/Chicago"]; //[cal setTimeZone:tz]; NSDateComponents *comp=[cal components:NSCalendarUnitHour|NSCalendarUnitMinute fromDate:now]; NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init]; [formatter setDateFormat:@"dd-MMM-yyyy"]; NSString *stringFromDate = [formatter stringFromDate:now]; hour = (int)[comp hour]; am_pm = (hour >= 12) ? @"PM" : @"AM"; if(hour >= 12){ hour = hour - 12; } // 23-Dec-2014 4:23 PM NSString *dateTimeStr = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@ %d %d %@", stringFromDate, (int)hour, (int)[comp minute], am_pm]; return dateTimeStr;} |
Use “MMMM” for “December” and “MMM” for “Dec” in month.