Format string in Objective C

Question

How can i format a string like "Fri Oct 17 00:00:00 +0200 2003" to a simple date string like Fri Oct 17 2003?

Is there any easy solution?

Answer 1

Yes, use the NSDateFormatter to parse the first into an NSDate and then use another NSDateFormatter to write out that NSDate in the second format.

Answer 2

You can find a list of the date format specifiers here: Unicode Date Formats