How to set a custom date format in iOS?

Question

I want to display data int the next format: 14:23 Sep 10,2012.How can I do this?

Answer 1

Use NSDateFormatter

NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"hh:mm MMM dd,yyyy"];
NSString *stringFromDate = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:[NSDate date]];
NSLog(@"today : %@", stringFromDate);