On Apr 20, 2012, at 9:32 AM, Keary Suska wrote:

> On Apr 20, 2012, at 6:08 AM, Lorenzo Thurman wrote:
> 
>> On Apr 19, 2012, at 10:18 PM, Keary Suska wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Perhaps this excerpt from the API doc is key: "Do not use these constants 
>>> if you want an exact format." Why, might be academic, but if you require a 
>>> specific style, you may want to specify the style specifically.
>>> 
>> I have tried using strings to specify the styles, but no luck.
> 
> It is next to impossible that specifying a fixed format will not render the 
> precisely requested results, except programmer error. We can't tell you what 
> you are doing wrong if you don't show us what you are doing.
> 
>> Is there a way to reset the Language and Text Preferences? Is there an 
>> associated Preferences I can throw away?
> 
> I think it is part of com.apple.systempreferences.plist in 
> ~/Library/Preferences. You can test that by dragging it to the desktop and 
> restarting.
> 
> Keary Suska
> Esoteritech, Inc.
> "Demystifying technology for your home or business"
> 



I agree. This should not happen, but here is my original code:
-(NSString*)formattedDate:(NSDate*)aDate{
                
        NSDateFormatter * formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
        [formatter setDateFormat:@"mm-dd-yyyy hh:mm a"];
        
        
        NSString * dateString = [formatter stringFromDate:aDate];
                
        return [self stringWithSentenceCapitalization:dateString];
}
and it produces the incorrect format.
It is called like this:

[weathervane formattedDate:[timer fireDate]];

[timer fireDate]
returns a date in this format:
2012-04-20 18:23:43 +0000

I've also rebuilt the revision of the source for the old build that I have and 
it produces the same flawed results. 
In any case, I'll edit the global prefs and see if it makes a difference. I 
really hope that I made an error somewhere. Thats a problem I can fix.


"...Business! Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; 
charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence, were all my business. The 
dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my 
business!"

Marly's ghost - A Christmas Carol


Lorenzo Thurman
lore...@thethurmans.com




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