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George Friday
George Friday

Reputation: 585

NSDateFormatter applies no formatting at all to NSDate

My datepicker is sending a date to a label. However, I am trying to format my date in the label to MM/dd/yyyy. Somehow, this is not working, although I am using the following code:

UIDatePicker *datePicker = [[UIDatePicker alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, self.view.bounds.size.height+44, 768, 216)];
datePicker.tag = 10;
datePicker.datePickerMode = UIDatePickerModeDate;
[datePicker setBackgroundColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];
[datePicker addTarget:self action:@selector(changeDate:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventValueChanged];
[self.view addSubview:datePicker];

And then I am unsuccessfully trying to change the label to the date selected:

- (void)changeDate:(UIDatePicker *)sender {


    NSLog(@"New Date: %@", sender.date);


    NSDate *date_JF = sender.date;
    NSDateFormatter *dateFormatJF = [[NSDateFormatter alloc]init];
    [dateFormatJF setLocale:([[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:@"en_US_POSIX"])];
    [dateFormatJF setDateStyle:NSDateFormatterMediumStyle];
    [dateFormatJF setDateFormat:@"MM/dd/yyyy"];

    FeeDate.text = [NSString stringWithFormat: @"%@", date_JF];

}

Can anyone help me format my label to MM/dd/yyyy?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 48

Answers (1)

gabriellanata
gabriellanata

Reputation: 4336

The correct way to use NSDateFormatter is by getting the formatted date with the stringFromDate: method. Therefore you need to change the last line of your code to:

FeeDate.text = [dateFormatJF stringFromDate:date_JF];

Upvotes: 1

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