NSDate in full style but without year

Question

I'm working with Objective C for iPhone and have a NSDate that I want to display in full style but without the year. Right now I'm using the code below but it also show the year, and I don't want that. As I want to show the date in the right region format I cannot just delete the year in the end as in some countries the year will not be in the end but in the middle or beginning.

NSDate *testdate = [NSDate date];
NSDateFormatter *dateFormattertest = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormattertest setDateStyle:NSDateFormatterFullStyle];
[dateFormattertest setTimeStyle:NSDateFormatterNoStyle];
NSString *formattedDateString = [dateFormattertest stringFromDate:testdate];
NSLog(formattedDateString);

In US this give me:
Thursday, January 14, 2010

In Sweden this give me:
torsdag, 2010 januari 14

What is the solution for this? And another question, where can I find information on how to use the setDateFormat of NSDateFormatter? I can't find information about what different letters stand for in the API.

Answer 1

You can consult this article for the information you are seeking:

http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/DataFormatting/Articles/dfDateFormatting10_4.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40002369