On Jan 31, 2012, at 2:35 PM, cocoa-dev-requ...@lists.apple.com wrote: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:10:13 -0600 > From: Heath Borders <heath.bord...@gmail.com> > To: cocoa-dev <cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com> > Subject: Re: NSDateFormatter not working on iOS 5. > Message-ID: > <caey7hvoe-71ecttjopluw8b-9qymhczjhtbwj+gmmenod8w...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Peter, > > If I set the locale to "en_IN" shouldn't that show the short time zone? > > NSLocale *indianEnglishLocale = [[[NSLocale alloc] > initWithLocaleIdentifier:@"en_IN"] autorelease]; > NSTimeZone *timeZone = [NSTimeZone timeZoneWithName:@"Asia/Kolkata"]; > NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[[NSDateFormatter alloc] init] autorelease]; > dateFormatter.locale = indianEnglishLocale; > dateFormatter.dateFormat = @"z"; > dateFormatter.timeZone = timeZone; > > NSLog(@"date string: %@", [dateFormatter stringFromDate:[NSDate date]]); > NSLog(@"time zone abbreviation: %@", [timeZone > abbreviationForDate:[NSDate date]]); > > output: > > date string: GMT+05:30 > time zone abbreviation: IST > > -Heath Borders > heath.bord...@gmail.com > Twitter: heathborders > http://heath-tech.blogspot.com
Heath, Yes, you are correct, for the example you provided above, [dateFormatter stringFromDate:[NSDate date]] *should* use the short time zone name "IST". The fact that it does not is due to a deficiency in the "en_IN" locale data in the versions of CLDR data used by ICU in the current OSX and iOS releases (CLDR 1.9.1 and 2.0 respectively). The "en_IN" locale in those CLDR versions did not override or supplement any of the timezone name data from the base "en" locale, whose default content is for "en_US". This is already fixed for the CLDR 21 release coming in a few days. That is being incorporated into ICU 49 which will be picked up in future OSX and iOS releases. - Peter E _______________________________________________ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
