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iOS

Posted by Nawfal Uchiwa
Nawfal Uchiwa
4,315 Points

Change the format of a NSDate object

Hi there,

I'm trying to build a french version of the "Stormy" app. But I have a problem.

I want to change the format of the date which is, by default an american one, in a french one.

Here is what I've tried to do, but it doesn't work :/

Thank you !

import Cocoa
import Foundation



let unixTime : Int = 1418233178

let timeEnSeconde = NSTimeInterval(unixTime)
let dateMeteo = NSDate(timeIntervalSince1970: timeEnSeconde)

var dateFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
dateFormatter.dateStyle = .MediumStyle

let template = "fr_FR"
dateFormatter.setLocalizedDateFormatFromTemplate(template)

println(dateFormatter.stringFromDate(dateMeteo))

1 Answer

agreatdaytocode
agreatdaytocode
24,757 Points
agreatdaytocode
agreatdaytocode
24,757 Points

Hello Nawfal,

Forecast API docs state that you should use the IANA timezone name for the requested location.

Note: the IANI website is not as user friendly as one would expect and requires you to download a zip file in order to determine what code to use. From what I have read you should be using (CET) Central European Time.

I used the following code to change the format of the time in my weather app Project RainMan

//Date formatter

func dateStringFromUnixtime(unixTime: Int) -> String {

    let timeInSeconds = NSTimeInterval(unixTime)
    let weatherDate = NSDate(timeIntervalSince1970: timeInSeconds)

    let dateFormatter = NSDateFormatter()
    dateFormatter.timeStyle = .MediumStyle

    return dateFormatter.stringFromDate(weatherDate)


}

I hope this helps :)

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