Create a date in xcode label

Question

First of all I want to say thanks in advance for helping me.

I want to know how can I create a date on a label using Xcode, and the date will follow the same date like in iphone.

Thanks

Solution 1

Here's one simple approach

NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
//uncomment to get the time only
//[formatter setDateFormat:@"hh:mm a"];
//[formatter setDateFormat:@"MMM dd, YYYY"];
[formatter setDateStyle:NSDateFormatterMediumStyle];


//get the date today
NSString *dateToday = [formatter stringFromDate:[NSDate date]];

UILabel *label = [[UILabel alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectMake(0, 0, 320.0f, 20.0f)];
[label setText:dateToday];
[formatter release];

//then add to a view

Solution 2

Creating the text date is simple, but the real question is what is your data source that you want to make the date text out of?

Solution 3

The date can be formatted and set in label as below.

NSDate *today = [NSDate date];
NSDateFormatter *dformat = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dformat setDateFormat:@"dd:MM:YYYY"];
myLabel.text = [dformat stringFromDate:today];

Comments

[Matthias Bauch]

replace [formatter setDateFormat:@"MMM dd, YYYY"] with [formatter setDateStyle:NSDateFormatterLongStyle]; to prevent a 2 star app store rating from me. Believe it or not, there are countries that use a different dateFormat than yours. When you use dateFormat to present dates to the user you are doing it wrong.

[shy]

sorry i try to use this code but the date is not coming out on my apps.?? any idea..

[johnoodles]

well, that is why I termed it simple approach... Anyway,I changed it to a less obvious one. Thanks @fluchtpunkt for the comment though.