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Godric
Godric

Reputation: 59

Re-formatting string

i need help., I have this date in a UIlabel in this format 04/26/2013 . How can I re format it into 04.26.2013 ? I already have below codes:

UILabel *timelabel = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(xx, xx, xx, xx)];
[timelabel setText:dateToday];

dateToday value is 04/26/2013.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 54

Answers (3)

Raptor
Raptor

Reputation: 54212

NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"MM.dd.yyyy"];
NSDate *date = [dateFormatter dateFromString:dateToday];
if(date != nil) {
    NSString *formattedDateString = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:date];
    [timelabel setText:formattedDateString];
} else {
    [timelabel setText:@"Invalid Date"];
}

Added error checking. Always check if the input string is a valid date string or not.

Reference: Date Formatting Guide (though it is for Mac; iOS applies the same)

Upvotes: 1

shanegao
shanegao

Reputation: 3592

timelabel.text = [dateToday stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"/" withString:@"."];

Upvotes: 1

Mani
Mani

Reputation: 571

NSDateFormatter *dateFormat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormat setDateFormat:@"MM.dd.yyyy"];
NSString *stringFromDate = [formatter stringFromDate:[NSDate date]];
NSLog(@"today : %@", stringFromDate);

Upvotes: 2

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