iPhone, how do I get the device short date format ?

Question

I've not got the device price format setting.

NSNumber *temp = [NSNumber numberWithDouble:dblPrice];
NSDecimalNumber *someAmount = [NSDecimalNumber decimalNumberWithDecimal:[temp decimalValue]];

NSNumberFormatter *currencyFormatter = [[[NSNumberFormatter alloc] init] autorelease];
[currencyFormatter setNumberStyle:NSNumberFormatterCurrencyStyle];

return [currencyFormatter stringFromNumber:someAmount];

How do I get the short date setting ?

Answer 1

Not sure if I got you right, but if you want to format NSDate, you should use NSDateFormatter:

NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[formatter setDateFormat:@"MMM d, YYYY"];
NSLocale *usLocale = [[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:@"en_US"];
[formatter setLocale:usLocale];
NSString *dateString = [formatter stringFromDate:[NSDate date]];
[usLocale release];
[formatter release];

Answer 2

NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[[NSDateFormatter alloc] init] autorelease];
[dateFormatter setDateStyle:NSDateFormatterShortStyle];
NSString *dateString = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:[NSDate date]];