Removing time from date format

Question

Hi,

I am developing an application in that i have used DatePicker to pick the date but it gives me date with time .I have converted that format into string, now i just want date from that. How should i do that.Plz suggest me something.

Following is my code Snippet.

  NSDate *selected =[datePicker date];
  NSString *dateString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@", selected];

here date picker is object of UIDatePicker.

Answer 1

You can use NSCalendar to get the month, day, and year components of your date, manipulate them, and reassemble them. Here's some example code.

NSCalendar *calendar = [NSCalendar currentCalendar];
NSDateComponents *dateComponents = [calendar components:( NSYearCalendarUnit | NSMonthCalendarUnit |  NSDayCalendarUnit ) fromDate:date];

[otherDateComponents setYear:[dateComponents year]];
[otherDateComponents setMonth:[dateComponents month]];
[otherDateComponents setDay:[dateComponents day]];

NSDate *newDate = [calendar dateFromComponents:otherDateComponents];

Be aware that since the current calendar is locale-specific, the values you get back will not be the same on all devices. You may wish to specify a particular calendar for your purposes. NSGregorianCalendar is the one most often used in the west.

Answer 2

Here is another solution:

NSDate *selected =[datePicker date];
NSDateFormatter *formatter = [NSDateFormatter new];

[formatter setDateStyle:NSDateFormatterMediumStyle];
NSDate *day = [formatter dateFromString:[formatter stringFromDate:selected]];
[formatter release];