How do I get the current date?

Question

How can I get the current date, and format it like "20/12/2010"?

Thanks in advance..:)

Answer 1

Break it down.

How do I get the current date? See NSDate.

How do I format a date in a specific format? See NSDateFormatter.

Answer 2

Use NSDate and NSDateFormatter.

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

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