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Marie Veverka
12,117 PointsFormatting Dates with NSDateFormatter code challenge question 4
Hi there,
I am totally missing what they are asking for here: Convert the 'futureDate' object to a string object named 'dateString'.
This is the code I have so far: '''NSTimeInterval secondsPerDay = 60 * 60 * 24; NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init]; // Add your code below
NSDate *today = [NSDate date]; NSDate *futureDate = [NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:secondsPerDay *10]; [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"MM/dd/yyyy"];'''
I can't seem to figure out how to convert the 'futureDate' object to a string named 'dateString'. I think I must be getting my terminology confused or something . . .
2 Answers
Robert Bojor
Courses Plus Student 29,439 PointsHi Marie,
You can do that by using the stringFromDate: on the dateFormatter and passing the futureDate as a parameter.
NSString *dateString = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:futureDate];
Marie Veverka
12,117 PointsThank-you so much Robert! I was missing the stringFromDate. . .