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nicoko
nicoko

Reputation: 195

iPhone SDK - Morning or afternoon

Can someone help me out with something.

I'm trying to get the current part of the day, am or pm. Is there an easy way of accomplishing this?

Thanks.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 824

Answers (2)

Ira Cooke
Ira Cooke

Reputation: 1345

Maybe there is an easier way .. but this works.

    NSDate *now=[NSDate date];
    NSCalendar *cal = [NSCalendar currentCalendar];
    NSDateComponents *components = [cal components:NSHourCalendarUnit fromDate:now];
    int hour = [components hour];
    if ( hour > 12 ){
        NSLog(@"PM %d",hour);
    } else {
        NSLog(@"AM");
    }

Upvotes: 1

jhauberg
jhauberg

Reputation: 1430

Sure, use NSDateFormatter:

NSDate *now = [NSDate date];
NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];

[formatter setDateFormat: @"a"];

NSLog ([formatter stringFromDate: now]);

[formatter release];

Outputs:

2009-08-06 14:20:35.538 yourApp [4971:20b] PM

Upvotes: 7

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