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vikingosegundo
vikingosegundo

Reputation: 52227

remove year for date format in respect to the users locale

I want to display the day and the month in respect to the locale of the users device.

So that the date of today would be displayed as 5/18 with american settings and 18.5. with german setting.
As I want to handle every possible locale, I cant just simply use the [dateFormatter setDateFormat:] and [dateFormatter setDateStyle:NSDateFormatterShortStyle] will display the year.

Beside trying to identify the year value in the string and removeing it, is there a more elegant way?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1655

Answers (1)

vikingosegundo
vikingosegundo

Reputation: 52227

I found the answer myself:

[self.dateFormatter setDateFormat:[NSDateFormatter dateFormatFromTemplate:@"MM d"
                                                                  options:0 
                                                                   locale:[NSLocale currentLocale]]];

See more at apple documentation on dateFormatFromTemplate

Upvotes: 10

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