Convert NSDate to long format string and back again?

Question

How would I convert an NSDate into a string like this:

Monday, November 22, 2010

.. and then back again into an NSDate?

Answer 1

Use NSDateFormatter

Something like:

NSDate *date=//...;
;
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setTimeStyle:NSDateFormatterNoStyle];
[dateFormatter setDateStyle:NSDateFormatterLongStyle];
NSString *string=[dateFormatter stringFromDate:date];
//....
NSDate *newDate=[dateFormatter dateFromString:string];

There are more details I'm not covering, such as the Locale issues and whatnot, but this should get you going