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Posted by Ashley Kelley
Ashley Kelley
Courses Plus Student 10,554 Points

Convert the 'futureDate' object to a string object named 'dateString'.

Hi,

So I've been waiting for the final chapters of the Blog Reader course and I seem to have forgotten some things. I'm struggling with the final code challenge and have tried various things. Can anyone please help? I know this is a really simple answer as well, but having gotten stuck I tried to copy the code from the tutorial video and I still can't manage it.

Thanks for helping.

Code:

NSString *futureDateString = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:dateString];

5 Answers

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

Ahh sorry missed the fact that you are trying to convert dateString. The method stringFromDate expects you to provide it a date which in this case is futureDate that you created previously. So your code should look like:

NSString *dateString = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:futureDate];
Amit Bijlani
STAFF
Amit Bijlani
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Amit Bijlani
Amit Bijlani
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Your code is right except the challenge is expecting you to create a string named dateString. So just rename futureDateString to dateString.

Ashley Kelley
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Ashley Kelley
Courses Plus Student 10,554 Points
Ashley Kelley
Ashley Kelley
Courses Plus Student 10,554 Points

It's still comping up with a compilation error, Amit

NSString *dateString = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:dateString];

Ashley Kelley
PLUS
Ashley Kelley
Courses Plus Student 10,554 Points
Ashley Kelley
Ashley Kelley
Courses Plus Student 10,554 Points

Brilliant!

Thanks so much for your help, Amit, it's really appreciated.

Ashley

Stu Cowley
Stu Cowley
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Stu Cowley
Stu Cowley
26,287 Points

You're a true legend Amit Bijlani love your work!