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Posted by Joel Clipperton
Joel Clipperton
1,532 Points

Code Challenge: Hung up on NSDateFormatter

So I'm beating my head against the wall. I can't figure this one out. I'm on the step:

Create a date format using the given 'dateFormatter' variable to display any date with the format of '02/29/2012'. Don't worry about using it for now, just set up the formatter.

And here is my answer:

NSTimeInterval secondsPerDay = 60 * 60 * 24;
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
// Add your code below

NSDate *today = [NSDate date];
NSTimeInterval timeInterval = 60 * 60 * 24 * 10;
NSDate *futureDate = [NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:timeInterval];
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"MM/dd/yyyy"];
// Also tried [dateFormatter setDateStyle:NSDateFormatterShortSytle];

What am I missing?

1 Answer

Amit Bijlani
STAFF
Amit Bijlani
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Amit Bijlani
Amit Bijlani
Treehouse Guest Teacher

As stated in the challenge the dateFormatter variable is already declared in the second line you need not declare it again (on your second last line).

Joel Clipperton
Joel Clipperton
1,532 Points

So simple, yet embarrassing!

Thanks!