On 28 Sep 2011, at 04:51, Vincent Spader wrote: > > On Sep 27, 2011, at 1:41 AM, Gerriet M. Denkmann wrote: > >> The following code produces an empty string: >> >> calender = [ [ NSCalendar autoupdatingCurrentCalendar ] retain ]; >> NSString *dateTemplate = @"eeeyyyyMMMMddHHmmss"; >> NSLocale *locale = [calender locale]; // en_IE >> NSString *dateFormat = [ NSDateFormatter dateFormatFromTemplate: >> dateTemplate options:0 locale: locale ]; // EEE dd MMMM yyyy >> HH:mm:ss >> dateFormatter = [ [ NSDateFormatter alloc ] initWithDateFormat: >> dateFormat allowNaturalLanguage: NO ]; >> [ dateFormatter setFormatterBehavior: NSDateFormatterBehavior10_4 ]; >> [ dateFormatter setLocale: locale ]; >> [ dateFormatter setGeneratesCalendarDates: YES ]; >> NSTimeZone *localTimeZone = [ calender timeZone ]; >> [ dateFormatter setTimeZone: localTimeZone ]; >> NSLog(@" now \"%@\"", [dateFormatter stringFromDate: [NSDate date]]); >> >> What am I missing? > Creating an NSDateFormatter via -initWithDateFormat:allowNaturalLanguage: > will create a 10.0 style date formatter. 10.0 and 10.4+ date formatters have > completely different format strings, so when you call -setFormatterBehavior:, > the format string may not stick around. Here's what you want: > dateFormatter = [ [ NSDateFormatter alloc ] init]; > [dateFormatter setDateFormat:dateFormat]; > > and the setFormatterBehavior: call is no longer necessary. You can find more > info in the "Formatting Behaviors and OS Versions" section of the > NSDateFormatter reference.
You are right. Now everything behaves as expected. Thank you very much. Kind regards, Gerriet. P.S. Is there a direct way to get the localized monthSymbols and shortWeekdaySymbols without using NSDateFormatter? _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
